Mask vs. Traits Most Admired

The Character's Key Choices
Using the Emotional Toolbox

By Laurie H. Hutzler

Mask vs.Traits Most Admired

	The mask is in conflict with the traits the character most admires. The character can’t live in the mask and the true self at the same time. Click Here to review the character’s Mask

	The mask can obliterate the traits the character most admires. Will the character be driven by fear to reject the true self?

	The traits the character most admires (the truest highest self) can obliterate the mask. Will the character be true to him or her self? What action does this choice require? Click Here to review the character’s Most Admired Traits (the true self the story is calling the character to be).

	Which will the character choose? The mask or the highest truest self? Which will be sacrificed? Which will be preserved?

i Which does the character value more highly? Does the character value the safety of the mask (at the cost of living in fear) or does the character value his or her highest truest self (at the cost of taking the leap of faith and facing his or her fear)? Click Here to review the Leap of Faith. 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 Fear vs.Traits Most Admired.

Distribution Agreement

Author: LAURIE H. HUTZLER
Copyright holder: © 2004, LAURIE H. HUTZLER. All Rights Reserved.

The copyright holder retains all rights to this work. This article may be freely copied and redistributed electronically, provided that the file contents (including this Agreement) are not altered in any way and that it is distributed at no cost to the recipient. In addition, all copies must contain the following information
(All links must actively be live).

Author’s website:
www.EmotionalToolbox.com

Author’s email:
Laurie@EmotionalToolbox.com

It will be much appreciated if you could email me the location of where this article has been used.

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.

“Emotional Toolbox” and “Get to the Heart of the Story” are trademarks of Laurie H. Hutzler. All rights reserved.

Click Here to learn more about Laurie’s Courses

Click Here to receive your FREE Emotional Toolbox Newsletter

Click Here return to the Emotional Toolbox Home Page

Emotional Toolbox
P.O. Box 2047
Santa Monica, CA 90406

Free Newsletter:
Build & maintain
emotional focus.
Click Here

Need Personal Help with Your Film Script?
Consult with Laurie Click Here for more info

Laurie Consults on Television Shows in Europe Through MediaXchange.
Click Here to read more

Check out a Full List of Laurie's UCLA courses.
Click Here for more info