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Feb 2
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S18:E3: Story as Cosmology: A Framework ...

K.M. WEILAND
About this episode

What does it mean to think of story as cosmology? In this episode, I explore story not as entertainment or belief, but as a deeper framework for meaning—one that helps humans understand change, transformation, and lived experience.

When I talk about story as cosmology, I'm pointing to the idea that story functions beneath ideology and belief systems, shaping how we make sense of crisis, consequence, and change. Long before we articulate doctrines about the world, we experience life through story, and long after specific ideologies strain or collapse, the shape of story remains.

This episode looks at:

– Story as a pattern reflecting something larger
– Why archetypal story structure mirrors lived patterns of transformation
– How story holds under stress in ways rigid systems often don't
– What this understanding asks of writers and storytellers today

This is a reflection on story as shape, pattern, and process, and why that matters so deeply to human experience.

Related Resources:
Helping Writers Become Authors
https://helpingwritersbecomeauthors.com/

Next Level Plot Structure by K.M. Weiland

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