In honor of Lunar New Year, I reading this fantastic book on Eastern storytelling methods (highly recommend) and drinking a Vietnamese coffee/tea pour-over from @coppercowcoffee which is quite good, as well ☕️
#SpringSummerAsteroidBird #kishotenketsu @henrylienauthor.bsky.social #lny #chinesenewyear

It continues to teach me lessons, including acceptance of the bird poop marring my beautiful scroll.

Love,

Henry
@wwnorton.com
#SpringSummerAsteroidBird #kishotenketsu #BookTok #WabiSabi #kintsugi

Been thinking a lot about Eastern #story structures lately (thanks to @henrylienauthor.bsky.social ). The latest: #kishotenketsu feels more like Hegelian #dialectic than any of the Western structures. With ki+sho=thesis, ten=antithesis, and ketsu=synthesis.
Thoughts?

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THE best explanation of #Kishotenketsu 4 Act Story Structure for Storytelling. 💎✨👌

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Ki Sho Ten Ketsu First I’ve made this playlist of a number of videos about Kishotenketsu, I haven’t actually watched all of them yet but the ones at the star...

Ki Sho Ten Ketsu
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#Kishotenketsu #Anime #Manga #Gundam #Evangelion #AttackOnTitan #StarWars #AzumangaDaioh #BatmanBegins #Andor #Superman #MCU #TheAvengers #StoryStructure #FreytagsPyramid

YU-NO and The Elixir of the Hero's Journey The thing about discourse around Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey Monomyth is that it’s based on a bunch of observations that I’m not even s...

YU-NO and the Elixir of the Hero's Journey
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#YuNo #HerosJourney #Kishotenketsu

What other Ghibli stories do you think follow the Ki-Sho-Ten-Ketsu archetype?

#KiShoTenKetsu 6/7

It's the lady of the netherworld Yukuko Saigyouji ! She is serene, relaxed, and just goes with the flow!

The story arc where she takes place in, uses a #KiShoTenKetsu #storystructure, which offers players a refreshing late-game experience.

#gamedev #indiegame #indiegamedv #touhou

Kishotenketsu: Asian Story Structure & Anime (Kiki) Kiki’s Delivery Service- When Everything Goes Wrong Did you ever notice that things play out differently in some anime movies? They just don’t follow the familiar pattern of action that…

Did you ever notice that things play out differently in some #anime movies? The reason? It’s a different story structure than we usually see.

#Kishotenketsu #Miyazaki #StoryStructure

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Estruturas narrativas, a Kishōtenketsu Descubra o Kishōtenketsu, uma estrutura narrativa intrigante que vai além do conflito tradicional. Aprenda a aplicá-la em suas histórias!

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