Does which is the Issue have anything to do with which of the two the author is arguing in favor of, depending on Story Outcome?
How do the Issues and Counterpoints of each Throughline interact? I found the following statement in regard to the MC Issue under Usage (I canât italicize the italics parts. When I try, it just surrounds the statement with asterisks):
"In the midst of a battlefield our Main Character notices a single flower growing up through the rubble.
At the frenetic High School dance, a girl sits all alone, unnoticed.
How can she be unnoticed if we noticed her? Because âOveralllyâ no one sees her - they are âallâ concerned with dancing. But the Main Character looks across the room and observes the discrepancy.
In both these cases, the Overall Theme is the initial condition which is then âshadedâ in light of the Main Characterâs Theme.
Conversely, the Main Character might be walking down the street, self-consciously trying to hide a zit on the tip of her nose, when she turns a corner just in time to see the âBurn Victim Support Groupâ marching in a parade.
In this case, the Main Characterâs Theme is the initial condition, which is modulated by the Overall Theme."
Iâm not sure if the battlefield has anything to do with the dance (is that supposed to be a Concern of Doing?), except they were both italicized. The Issues werenât defined so I donât understand the examples or what is meant by a âconditionâ (a stance on the Issue?) being âshaded.â
Iâm a bit confused about that FAQâs example of Morality VS Self-Interest.The teachers giving up salary (Morality) to help the school Obtain money were seen as contributing, but the Self-Interested principal wanting to boost his reputation didnât seem to conflict with Morality because he wasnât presented as an obstacle, unless I understood it wrong. Wouldnât it make more sense to have an Antagonist or obstacle represent the counterpoint? For example, some developer wants to make lots of money to buy a gold bathtub (Self-Interest) and thus works against the schoolâs goal in hopes of having it shut down and paved for condos. Maybe a natural disaster ruins many of the teachersâ homes, so if they choose to keep their money (Self-Interest), it interferes with Obtaining.