Pause To Recap At This Point:

 

• By now, you are posting initial ideas and observations to MASTER_DIARY.doc.

   

• During quiet moments, you are revisiting original posts and:

  1. transcribing, describing, or referencing voice recordings and other media into text in MASTER_DIARY.doc.

  2. ​copying relevant entries from in MASTER_DIARY.doc to MHd1.doc (your first evolving hero story).

  3. editing MHd1.doc based on Creative Writing General Guidelines.

  4. reviewing and updating personal goals in GOALS.doc.

  5. reviewing and updating profiles in CHARACTERS.doc with reference to the checklist for characterization, as well as, Stereotypical Character Roles And Personality Types.

  6. comparing posts in MHd1.doc to The Main Elements Of Storytelling for ideas to inject setting, point of view, style, theme, tone, symbols, characterization and plot.

  7. tagging entries for future searches with labels such as: #characterization, #plot, #setting, #POV, #symbols, #hero, #mentor, #herald, #ally, #normal_world, #call_to_adventure, #consult_mentors, etc.

  8. filling in relevant information and time gaps in emerging storylines by inserting new postdated entries in MHd1.doc.

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