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Film Courage: What is layer one of writing a story and why do you say that many writers never seem to go beyond this point?
Adam Argot, Story Artist/Instructor/YouTuber: Great question.
I present this thing, I call it The Story Iceberg.
I pulled it from this old medieval approach for exegesis.
It has four different layers.
It’s my metaphor that I use to kind of adapt this ancient medieval catchphrase which is basically it started as a way of interpreting scripture.
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It was a way that monks would use to try and do exegesis to interpret what the intention of God’s voice through telling these stories was.
But ultimately that began what I believe was the foundations of psychology of studying the meaning of metaphor and the meaning of the unconscious, what our unconscious, what our intuitions are trying to tell us.
And I don’t care if you believe in God or not.
Ultimately this is the…(Watch the video interview on YouTube here).
About:
Adam Argot has worked in film, TV, games, and publishing as a director, writer, author, story and concept artist for over 15 years for both major and independent studios. Along with in-depth podcasts and interviews like Film Courage, Story Kinetics, and a YouTube video series The Art of Story, Adam has also taught story structure at Calarts and as a guest lecturer in the USC Screenwriting Program.
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