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Oh, I love what you said about finding the negation of the negation - even the contradictory has something positive about it - take that away and you have the negation of the negation. Fantastic.

What I'd been doing before that was using the phrase "the negation of the negation is the complete absence of the positive", but somehow I was still missing that connective piece that there is something positive in the contrary.

That's definitely going to make finding these easier. Thank you!

Hi Bass,

thanks a lot for your answer and yes it makes much more sense to me now. I really appreciate the time that you take to answer questions. I'm planning to write an action piece and your insight is extremely helpful. Great job!

Hi Bass,

you are saying that in the action genre the neg. of the neg. has to come from the villain - either from the villain's nature or the villain's desire. But then you say that in "Gravity" the neg. of the neg, doesn't come from the villain (which in that story is nature) but from the education plot.. in any case, Sandra Bullock's character does go to the darkest place imaginable (which I believe is what the neg. of the neg. is all about, right?) by trying to commit suicide. So does it really matter WHO or WHAT triggered this? Maybe I can't follow your explanation because I don't really understand what the education plot is in "Gravity

Thank you for the terrific Lessons by the way!

Great explanation of the negation of the negation…thanks!