Patterns, Nature and Story
I could watch Vi Hart’s videos all day long!
Part 1: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant
Part 2: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant
Part 3: Spirals, Fibonacci, and Being a Plant
There are patterns in nature.
There are patterns in stories.
There’s a lesson from the patterns in nature. Nature is organic. Thus in replicating its patterns, it does so organically and in harmony with itself.
Writers should be aware of patterns.
How about this one?
Beginning. Middle. End.
Act One. Act Two. Act Three.
Go one step further, then we’re into screenwriting guru world with 12 stages, 22 steps, 40 beats, and so on.
Nothing wrong with those. Unless we are focused on the patterns and not the organic world of the story.
When we focus on the patterns, we end up with formulas… not stories.
Nature creates wondrous and beautiful stories with each plant, each structure, each native expression of its organic essence.
So as a writer, how do you make use of patterns, yet still find the soul of your stories? Nature coexists with patterns… naturally.
How can writers find that same balance between consciousness and expression?