The Four Cores of Worldview
With Mary
Reviewing Shawn Coyne’s teachings in The Four Core Framework has become a foundational aspect of our group’s process as we transition to a new genre each month. Here is Mary guiding us through the core elements and essential questions writers need to consider if they are to craft a compelling worldview story for their readers.
I highly recommend you pick up a copy of this book. Shawn provides a detailed analysis of the core elements of twelve different genres, and why these elements are important to your reader. It is one of my favorite books on writing and a source I turn to again and again.
And hats off to Mary, who has been committed to developing her weekly ten-minute drafts into finished pieces that she publishes via her own Substack, Stories of the Eight Winds. I hope you’ll check her out there and support her efforts with lots of likes!
I hope you enjoyed today's podcast. I am posting my four core framework for the story I posted this week on Stories of the Eight Winds. To quote Shawn Coyne from his book The Four Core Framework, "The core makes a story irresistible, memorable, and worth sharing by providing readers with a cathartic emotional moment."
Please check out Stories of the Eight Winds to read my story.
Core Life need to self-actualize when the boy sees the father being laughed at. His worldview starts to dismantle.
Core life value goes from ignorance of being ashamed of his father to the wisdom that comes as an adult in the same job as his dad.
Core emotion is the youthful pity he felt watching his father struggle to the satisfaction of the adult boy realizing that his dad was a hero in everyday reality.
Core event being the integral cognitive growth of the adult.