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Does On-the-Surface mean External Genre?

Story Grid Writing Podcast

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On the Surface Is Not All or Nothing

As a general euristic i would say that on the faces about solving the problem of staying alive. How do i survive? The survival realm is living down a sort of the lower end of maslow's hierarchy of needs. On the surface, of course, is going to be concerned with cinesus. If i hurt you, i am going to drain you of energy ande perhaps take your life. So above the surface is really about the cognitive processes of the avatar. And beyond the surface would be a heroic journey to point write the deep patterns of how one goes about navigating the external and internal worlds of our own experience.

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