Be-er "Tricks" vs Passive Do-er

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@didomachiatto

In all these years with Dramatica, this is the first time I’ve heard that the change area for the MC is the Approach. I thought the change was in the area of the problem/solution or with regard to the crucial element. Now I hear it’s they go from Do-er to Be-er or vice versa.

It’s actually the whole throughline (which includes Approach, since e.g. moving from Universe to Mind is moving from Do-er to Be-er).

Here’s an old thread that might be helpful:

Does a change main character's "flipped" perspective need to match the influence character's perspective?

Enter the MC and IC crucial elements. While at the macro level the IC represents a huge paradigm shift by comparison to the MC – an internal approach v. an external approach, or vice versa – the crucial element provides the specific connective tissue at the element level. The MC Throughline and the IC throughline provide contrasts in perspective (“You and I are just alike,” “No, we’re nothing alike!”), the crucial elements provide direct, oppositional approaches within the OS. If you wish to…