Thursday, May 16, 2013

MRUs

Read Esther 1-3

Esther 1:12 "But the queen Vashti refused to come at the king's commandment by his chamberlains: therefore was the king very wroth, and his anger burned in him."

Writer Dwight Swain is the one who identified MRUs. It stands for Motive Response Units and a complete story should consist of a series of MRUs.

The motive is what happens objectively in the story—something anyone would experience, for instance a queen’s refusal. The response component has three parts.

The first reaction would be emotional—for instance anger, followed by the second reaction which is instinct or training. The final response is the character’s action or thoughts.

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