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Episode 91 – A Psychological Model for Character Building
Writers Drinking Coffee
English - March 09, 2021 15:03 - 35 minutes - 26.5 MB - ★★★★★ - 12 ratingsBooks Arts Education Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode, Dave, Chaz, and John briefly discuss character development using the "Big Five" model of personality before haring off on a number of predictable tangents. Also in this episode: everything Dave knows about factor analysis and psychological modeling (tl;dr: psychology is squishy); what Chaz doesn't know about "Aspects of the Novel:" by E.M. Forster (quite a bit, and seemingly proud of it); and John reminds Chaz to panic about being replaced by a computer. Also: MFAs are a dodgy proposition; the academic wing of the Tolkien industry; Freud sucks (Dave again); and how pantsing yourself into a corner is like failing to solve a Sudoku. Finally, a plea: "plotting" is fine, but can we please find an alternative to "pantsing"?! … Continue...Episode 91 – A Psychological Model for Character Building