Act Three

How the Character MapTWorks
Using the Emotional Toolbox

By Laurie H. Hutzler

Act Three
Two Story Directions – The End of the Story

Act Three – Tragedy

	The character can’t or won’t surrender is or her strongest traits. Click Here to review the character’s Strongest Traits.

	The character uses the strongest traits to pursue the want more vigorously.

	The character falls into the emotional traps caused by his or her trouble traits. Click Here to review the character’s Trouble Traits.

	The character uses the strongest traits to try to solve the problems or to dig his or her way out of the hole created by the emotional trap. (What happens when you try to dig your way out of a hole? It gets deeper.)

	The character has to escalate his or her action to obtain the want and becomes more like the Antagonist, eventually falling to the dark side.

i A character who won’t surrender his or her strongest traits and can’t make the leap of faith and continues to live in his or her fear. A character who surrenders to fear can’t help but eventually sink into the dark side. Click Here to review the character’s Dark Side.

The Leap of Faith is:

		A leap the character must make against logic, reason and practicality to let go of the mask and the strongest traits. Click Here to review the character’s Strongest Traits.

		Becoming open and vulnerable instead of withdrawing, acting tough, smart or in control.

		Asking for help instead of trying to handle everything oneself using the strongest traits.

		Facing the fear (of not being good enough or not having enough) instead of living in the mask. Click Here to review the character’s Mask.

		Being totally and completely oneself without pretense mask or excuse. Accepting and being satisfied with one’s self.

i At the beginning or the story the character cannot image what it would be like to live without his or her mask. The character can’t imagine having the traits most admired. The character is driven by fear to do more, be more or have more. When the character makes the leap of faith he or she accepts him or herself. The character fully and completely lives into his or her own inner potential. The character believes he or she is enough.

Act Three – Transformation

	The character makes a leap of faith and surrenders his or her strongest traits.

	The character lets go of the want and embraces the need.

	The character confronts his or her fear.

	The character achieves his or her truest highest self by being his or her self and being satisfied with that.

The Character's Life Lessons are:

		The lessons the character must learn in order to embrace his or her inner need. Click Here to review the character’s Need.

		The lessons the character must learn to let go of the ego-driven want. Click Here to review the character’s Want.

		The lessons the character must learn to become whole and complete.

		The lessons the character must learn to become the (admirable) person the story is calling him or her to be. Click Here to review the character’s Admired Traits.

i In making choices and pursuing a line of action a character has the opportunity to learn what he or she really needs. If the character simply presses onward toward what he or she wants and ignores the life lesson the character takes a step toward the dark side. In learning the life lesson the character takes a step toward becoming his or her truest highest most authentic self.

Click here to go on to the Choice your Character Must Make.

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