storytelling is a ritual surrounding a metaphor for life. - Robert McKee

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storytelling is a ritual surrounding a metaphor for life.

Robert McKee

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What is the worst possible thing that could happen to my protagonist? How could that turn out to be the best possible thing that could happen to him?

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