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The Character's Key Choices
Using the Emotional Toolbox

By Laurie H. Hutzler

Fear vs. Traits Most Admired

The fear is in conflict with the traits the character most admires.

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The traits the character most admires (the truest highest self) can obliterate the fear. It is fear that paralyzes or causes a character to panic. It is fear that ultimately destroys a character.
 

The fear can obliterate the traits the character most admires. If the character lives in fear he or she can’t be true to him or her self.

   
Will the character live in fear or not? Will the character have the courage to make the leap of faith? Which will be sacrificed? Which will be preserved?
   

i Which does the character value more highly? Does the character cling to the fear and desperately chase the ego-driven want? Will the character try to cope with the fear and cling to his or her old ways of doing and being?

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i Is the character able to let go of the want, make the leap of faith and embrace what he or she truly needs? Will the character face the fear and learn to live a new more authentic life?

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i What situations in your story bring these two choices to a crisis point? Which choice does your character make? How does he or she make the choice, by taking what specific actions?

Click here to go on to Strongest Traits vs.Traits Most Admired.

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Laurie Hutzler’s Emotional Toolbox approach incorporates many of the same materials Laurie uses in her popular courses at the famed UCLA film school. It’s the same method Laurie uses in her own work and in all of her international consulting.

The Emotional Toolbox makes intuitive sense—it’s based on universal truths we all know and understand instinctively. Learn to use these principals consciously to make informed creative choices. The Emotional Toolbox is easy to use, and most importantly, it works.

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