Emergence 2.0 - Section Six (a), Rebellion; Appendix Part Ten, Earth, Collected Chapters

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Friday, December 28th, 2018 Chapter One: Archetype To foment revolution is to cultivate a thing, to do it successfully you must play on narrative with ritual, symbol and myth. Revolution requires people to see themselves as heroic archetypes, no matter how insignificant their role in the revolution is, they must see it as a quest and themselves as the agents of change.   #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Saturday, December 29th, 2018 Chapter Two: Symbol A rebellion needs both a hero and villain, an object of hope and an object of wrath. The symbols of rebellion are dualistic, binary configurations with a zero-sum resolution.   The motivating force is for justice, triumph of righteousness, the elimination of despotism and the eradication of tyranny. There could be no compromise, victory is absolute. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Sunday, December 30th, 2018 Chapter Three: Narrative Rebellion does not spread by the experience of injustice, whether from the direct experience of the victim or from the experiences of witnesses. Rebellion spreads by the narrative that is related, the stories we tell of those experiences. Narrative must be rooted in truth, but must be told with flourish, generating empathy among the listeners. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Monday, December 31st, 2018 Chapter Four: Ritual Rituals shaped the entire context of a person’s life. Both the patriot and the rebel shared the same songs, the same history, they shared the same stories, stories which pointed them to different ends. Heroes were interchangeable with villains, and with the proper ritual any crime could be forgiven and any character could be redeemed. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Tuesday, January 1st, 2019 Chapter Five: Myth To be willing to sacrifice themselves for causes that were merely exercises in futility, the rebels had to be able to see their revolutionary movements in a mythic context. They had to see themselves, their lives and deaths as part of a greater narrative, a thing beyond themselves that they valued more than their lives. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Wednesday, January 2nd, 2019 Chapter Six: Quest To motivate the people they had to be convinced that they are seeking a resolution to the injustices they face, a resolution that they will never experience for themselves. They have to believe they will find the object of their hope beyond themselves.  The quest will never end, they hve to be satisfied with this. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0 A Novel – In 55 Words a Day Thursday, January 3rd, 2019 Chapter Seven: Revolution Every revolution has a predictable outcome, if the revolutionaries succeeded the survivors moved quickly to consolidate their power, setting themselves up as the new overlords and quashing dissent. They became the despots and the tyranny continues. Sometimes this happens within a single generation, other times it takes two or three, but the transformation is inevitable. #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!

Emergence 2.0: Section Six (a), Rebellion Appendix Part Ten, Earth Collected Chapters 01 Archetype 02 Symbol 03 Narrative 04 Ritual 05 Myth 06 Quest 07 Revolution #Emergence #SuperShortFiction #365SciFi #55Words Like it, Follow it, Share it!