character trinity

Food.  Clothing.  Shelter.

Each should have those bare things.

Learn to Listen

Everywhere you go, questions people ask, pictures and words on walls, etc. will connect with your story.

Example:

The unusual first name of my main character is shared by a baseball player in my hometown.  A picture of that player was on the wall of the room I was in for work.  A room I had never been in before...the owner of this particular production company I was working for that day walked in just as I looked up from the picture and immediately it clicked...this owner had the exact personality I was writing in my character.

Four to five "signs" a day will suggest something in your story.

Hegel misinterpreted

Thesis - Antithesis - Synthesis

Misinterpreted Example:

Writer - Editor - writer/editor.

Correct interpretation:

Writer - Non writer = 

Now why can't we finish the equation?

They cancel each other out.

Just kidding.

Because we need the 'emotional tool' to create the synthesis between the two.

Example

Whore - Prood - Whore who uses Condoms.

Synthesis is a compromise.  It is brought about by the use of a tool.

The use of something outside the body.

Remember - We have Rational - Emotional - Physical.

Emotional and Rational can come in any order but through the use of the physical we get synthesis.

And how sin and syn and original sin mix it up together is up to you to C.

Distillation the Relationships

One must distill the relationships of their characters down to its core.

For example,

Story of Jesus Cruxifiction
Story of War of 1812
Story of The Shining

Jewish leaders convince Pilate his throne is in trouble because of Jesus while it is truly the Jewish Leaders who fear dethroning.

British King convinces Native American's their land is in trouble because of the American Revolutionaries while it is truly the British who fear dethroning from America.

Ghost convinces Jack his throne is in trouble because of his own son while it is truly the ghosts who fear the power of the sun...son.  

SO...
The core relationship is Character A tricks Character B to do their bidding against Character C.

Once you distill the relationship down to the core you can then interweave many cultural stories, symbols, and metaphors into yours.

NOTE!  "tricks" above is the "emotional tool" used in these three examples.  So you use whatever emotional tool you have picked to connect the characters.