In this episode, we start with a broad conversation about story and art that narrows all the way down to why dialogue is so useful in fiction storytelling, and how our own perspectives don’t hinder character development, but actually enhance them.Helpful Terms and LinksDialogue- Finding ___* through talking (*logic, meaning, ideas etc.)Art- Applied aestheticsAesthetics - The senses that we use to experience the phenomenon of meaning in the world.Anti-art- An intentional showcase of chaos, around the phenomenon of meaning.Character is DialogueSpeech pattern, tone, and world view are the building blocks of a written character. Not necessarily their backstory (although that helps to form their worldview, two people can have very similar backstories and develop very different world views).Dialogue is Mini-StorySymphonic dialogue plays out the central conflict of your story in three levels. 1. Plot themes (desire/obstacles = melody) 2. Moral themes (perspective/world-view expression = harmony) 3. Icon themes (keywords/key phrases/key imagery = accents.Story is Change Through ConflictThe change doesn’t necessarily have to resolve the conflict. The change could simply be a self-revelation, a recognition that there will be no change.Good stories help us to experience the phenomenon of meaningA worldview is a story of the world that answers questions such as, “what’s right with the world (if anything), what’s wrong with the world (if anything), what are the highest values in the world?”Stories exist because questions exist and questions exist because the belief in answers exist. Stories are compelling because the belief in answers is compelling.Conflict occurs in the friction between different answers for the same questions.Art and Stories mentionedThe Anatomy of Story, John TrubyDaisy Jones and the Six, Taylor Jenkins Reid MusicHuman, by GallosBig Ol’ World, by Firework FestivalVillain, by Jared MarcQuestions I Will Never Know, by Telepathic Teddy BearJogo, by Primo LeviIn My Head, by Lainey Wright