His solution was a series of 18 instructional essays on the art of acting. All told, they comprise a wholly new statement of the art, and revolve around the idea that an actor is one who simply conceives how his character would be—how he would walk, speak, gesture—and molds his role accordingly. Subsequent notes on the subject further defined the use of expression, diction, gestures—and very importantly—the employment of L. Ron Hubbard’s discovery of the emotional Tone Scale, which delineated the full range of 59 emotions a being can assume.