Plotting Tools

Sequential progression — beginning, middle, end. The dominant Western pattern.

Interconnected threads — no single path, meaning emerges from connections.

Revisiting themes at deeper levels, often with audience participation.

Circular time, seasonal return, creation-destruction-renewal.

Sequential challenges building toward destiny through repeated testing.

Restoring equilibrium rather than defeating opposition.

Narrative mapped onto physical landscape and movement through space.

Story as dialogue between human and non-human consciousness.