Writing Your Story's Theme Quotes

“Within the character’s inner life, the Lie has created either a hole or a block.”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“In any kind of Change Arc, the Want reveals the Lie the Character Believes in action.”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“100%: The Resolution: Enters New Truth-Empowered Normal World”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“98%: The Climactic Moment: Uses Truth to Gain Need”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“88%: The Climax: Embraces Truth”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“The Third Act (75%-100%) 75%: The Third Plot Point: Rejects Lie”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“62%: The Second Pinch Point: Rewarded for Effectively Using Truth”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“50%: The Midpoint (Second Plot Point): Sees Truth, But Doesn’t Yet Reject Lie”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“The Second Act (25%-75%) 37%: The First Pinch Point: Punished for Using Lie”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“25%: The First Plot Point: Lie No Longer Effective”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“12%: The Inciting Event: First Hint Lie Will No Longer Work”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“The First Act (1%-25%) 1%: The Hook: Believes Lie”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“usually it’s helpful to view the first half of the structure (Scene: Goal, Conflict, Disaster) as action in the external conflict, and the second half (Sequel: Reaction, Dilemma, Decision) as the internal reaction that will, in turn, roll back around to impact the external conflict in the next Scene.”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“In a well-constructed story, the plot will initiate the latent change found in the tension point between the protagonist’s specific virtue and flaw.”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter

“The more calibrated your approach to the polarities of Want versus Need and Lie versus Truth, the more nuanced your thematic discussion and your presentation of plot and character will be.”
― K.M. Weiland, Writing Your Story's Theme: The Writer's Guide to Plotting Stories That Matter