An archetypal story creates settings and characters so rare that our eyes feast on every detail, while its telling illuminates conflicts so true to h… - Robert McKee

An artist intent on creating works of lasting quality comes to realize that life isn't about subtle adjustments to stress, or hyper conflicts of master criminals with stolen nuclear devices holding cities for ransom. Life is about the ultimate questions of finding love and self-worth, of bringing serenity to inner chaos, of the titanic social inequities everywhere around us, of time running out. Life is conflict. That is its nature. The writer must decide where and how to orchestrate this struggle.

For most writers, the knowledge they gain from reading and study equals or outweighs experience, especially if that experience goes unexamined.

The PROTAGONIST has a conscious desire.