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The Office proves you don't always need a high-stakes plot if your cast covers the whole spectrum of personality colors.

Read the full cast analysis here: 16core.substack.com/p/the-office

Share with your cowriters! 😁

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Core Series #02: Understanding Intellect Explore how different processing styles drive narrative tension and discover how to map your cast's cognitive landscape using 16Core Character Mapper.

Hannibal Lecter exemplifies the terrifying side of high Intellect.

Read the full post to see how Intellect defines characters like Homer Simpson, Harry Potter and Sherlock Holmes!

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Did you know you can write down Notes on the Trait Grid?

📝 Click the Note icon on the top right of any Trait card to record how a character’s trait manifests in your narrative. It’s a great way to bridge the gap between abstract traits and actual story beats.

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Core Series #02: Understanding Intellect Explore how different processing styles drive narrative tension and discover how to map your cast's cognitive landscape using 16Core Character Mapper.

Is your character a Sherlock or a Forrest Gump?

Intellect is about processing style, not just an IQ test.
Learn how to map your cast's cognitive style in the latest Core Series:
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Chasing the Green Light: A Psychological Map of The Great Gatsby Analyzing the core traits of F. Scott Fitzgerald's cast with 16Core Character Mapper.

The Great Gatsby is one of the most dissected pieces of literature. It was only a matter of time before it got the trait map treatment!

Share if you enjoyed the analysis. ☺️

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When the Fairy Tale Breaks: A Trait-Based Look at Anora An analysis of Sean Baker's Oscar-winning story using 16Core Character Mapper.

Just a few days away from the Oscars, we’re diving into the characters of the story that won last year’s Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

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TODAY WE HIT 300 DOWNLOADS!

It’s a modest start, but given it's a free indie app built with zero cost and zero marketing budget, this is a reason for celebration!

Grateful to the writers and screenwriters giving it a shot.

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Madison Avenue on the Couch: A Psychological Autopsy of Sterling Cooper Decoding the friction of Mad Men with 16Core Character Mapper

The map shows why Peggy and Don click even though they're so different from each other.

Read the full analysis for more insights into Mad Men!

Don't forget to share if you enjoyed it. 🙂

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Madison Avenue on the Couch: A Psychological Autopsy of Sterling Cooper Decoding the friction of Mad Men with the 16Core Character Mapper

This week we’re having the cast of Mad Men on the couch!

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Core Series #01: Understanding Warmth A guide to mastering the empathy engine of your cast with 16Core Character Mapper through examples from film, TV, and literature.

Understanding where your characters sit on the Warmth scale gives you opportunities for organic conflict.

Read more on the article!

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Core Series #01: Understanding Warmth A guide to mastering the empathy engine of your cast with 16Core Character Mapper through examples from film, TV, and literature.

In our first Core Series article, we’re exploring Warmth, the empathy engine of a cast, through eight iconic characters, from Anton Chigurgh to Ted Lasso.

What other characters that are defined by Warmth come to mind?

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Mapped Out by 16Core | 16Core Character Mapper | Substack Analyzing ensemble casts and character dynamics from favorite films, TV series, and books, using 16Core Character Mapper's trait grid. Click to read Mapped Out by 16Core, by 16Core Character Mapper, a...

It was a real challenge to determine the groups of characters to showcase each trait’s different manifestations. I hope that you enjoy them, and that they help you understand the framework better!

Look for the first one, focusing on Warmth, tomorrow!

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Tomorrow a new section launches on Mapped Out: the Core Series.

These monthly articles are designed to be more educational than usual, exploring one specific trait at a time to help anyone familiarize themselves with the 16-trait system.

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This week's analysis on The Godfather describes the character traits that fuel the story's engine.

Read the full article: 16core.substack.com/p/the-godfat...

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Still of Marlon Brando as Vito Corleone from The Godfather, serving as the background for a Substack post titled "Beyond the Gun: The Psychological Gears of The Godfather".

Vito Corleone’s secret weapon was his Warmth. Michael had the Intellect, but lacked the empathetic bridge-building that kept the family together.

Read this week's article on The Godfather:
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In Westeros, Character Is Plot: How Traits Drive the Chaos A visual breakdown of character dynamics in Game of Thrones using 16Core Character Mapper.

Explore how the characters of Game of Thrones were designed to collide, through my 16-trait framework!

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In Westeros, Character Is Plot: How Traits Drive the Chaos A visual breakdown of character dynamics in Game of Thrones using 16Core Character Mapper.

This week’s analysis on Game of Thrones is up!

We’re looking at how the personalities shaping Westerosi politics fuel the story, and why these characters were practically designed to clash.

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Rewatching Game of Thrones. I think its infamous ending is justifiable. It's seeded far earlier than people think, if you look at the trait grid.

More tomorrow on Mapped Out!
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I mapped him, and the lines weren't long enough

Three trait lines from 16Core Character Mapper's trait grid, showing three red character bubbles occupying the extreme high edge of the Warmth, Gregariousness and Social Confidence lines. The character bubbles represent Bad Bunny in his Super Bowl Halftime Show.

Bad Bunny’s trait grid on Super Bowl be like:

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Blood on the Snare: The Violent Psychology of Whiplash Analyzing the mental warfare of Shaffer Conservatory with 16Core Character Mapper

Hey Bluesky!

Here to post about the app, and the character analysis essays from Mapped Out on Substack - starting with the most recent one about Whiplash.

If you like it, share and subscribe!

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