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#ThinkpieceThursday – The Emotional vs The Spiritual

The Spiritual Character Map

It’s been my experience that people who come to my seminars tell me that they learned as much about themselves as they learned about their fictional characters.  Art imitates life!

I’ve been working on a new book that looks at our lives in terms of a spiritual journey.  I’ve often said that people don’t change.  They evolve.  They become a better version of who they are or a worse version.  No one gets a personality transplant.

I will help readers create their own Spiritual Character Maps to see where they been, where they are now, and where they are going. The book will use classic characters in Bible to demonstrate the range of journies people undertake and how those journies echo in contemporary film and television characters.

It’s a bit of a daunting undertaking but I am well into the first part. Hopefully, this book will give some perspective and greater insight.  Are you on the path you should be taking? If not, how do you change directions? This book will help.

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