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One way the Enneagram can be useful is in identifying motivations for different characters. Each Enneagram Type has a secret fear, which isn’t true, but which drives their actions and reactions. These underlying false fears can be helpful in choosing characters’ behavior over the course of the play. One: Mistakes are unacceptable. Two: I am not lovable. Three: I am …
I’ve been using the Enneagram to type my characters for nearly a decade. It’s a fantastic way to ensure my characters are believable, and act like real people … while allowing me to identify realistic fears, backstories, and behavior patterns for them. I learned a few years back that Theresa Rebeck uses the Enneagram, too, when she mentioned it on …