Notes tagged “Primitives”

• Beginning, middle, and end part 7: Event stories

  Jul 2, 2024  |  12 min

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  Note
  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Beginning, middle, and end part 6: Character stories part 2

  Jun 4, 2024  |  11 min

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  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Beginning, middle, and end part 5: Character stories part 1

  May 7, 2024  |  9 min

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  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Beginning, middle, and end part 4: Idea stories

  Apr 2, 2024  |  10 min

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  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Beginning, middle, and end part 3: Story types

  Mar 5, 2024  |  4 min

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  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Beginning, middle, and end part 2: In search of a useful framework

  Feb 6, 2024  |  8 min

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  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Beginning, middle, and end part 1: Aristotle misinterpreted

  Jan 2, 2024  |  2 min

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  An idea I'm just playing around with. I probably haven’t invested much time in it, and I'm not yet confident in my conclusions.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Thesis, antithesis, and synthesis

  Sep 21, 2023  |  11 min

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  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Storytelling, neuroscience, and the rule of three: prediction and reward

  Jul 23, 2023  |  9 min

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  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Storytelling and the rule of three: trajectory and payoff

  Jul 4, 2023  |  11 min

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  Note
  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Creating story arcs with three-unit brackets

  Jan 12, 2023  |  5 min

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  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Creating meaning with two consecutive story units

  Dec 19, 2022  |  10 min

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  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

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• Story structure and theme in Ira Glass’ anecdote and reflection

  Dec 7, 2022  |  8 min

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  More mature than a scribble, but not yet what digital gardener Maggie Appleton calls an “evergreen” idea. A note may have taken a fair amount of time to develop. I think the idea has merit.
  (See digital gardening.)

   |  Story structure Primitives Theme Story Craft