Story Grid Writing Podcast cover image

Can Story Grid improve on Masterworks?

Story Grid Writing Podcast

CHAPTER

The White Tailed Deer in the Forest, and You Hear the Rustling of Leaves?

There's a theory of consciousness. There's a concept called setting the criterion. This goes into consciousness studies. Pretend you're a white tailed deer in the forest, and you hear the rustling of leaves. What does that stimulus mean to you as awhite tailed deer? It depends on how they set their criterion. So if it is always away, its criterions too low, so it's going to burn out all its energy and die. That kind of deer isn't going to last very long in the wild. You have somebody like stephen king, who's turning out two or three books a year. And then you have, i was just listening to the

00:00
Transcript
Play full episode

Remember Everything You Learn from Podcasts

Save insights instantly, chat with episodes, and build lasting knowledge - all powered by AI.
App store bannerPlay store banner