Sublime
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His relationship with his father had been like the unfurling of some flower of beautiful potential, which, when wholly opened, turned out to be blighted inside. Until he had been seven he had loved the tall, big-bellied man uncritically and strongly in spite of the spankings, the black-and-blues, the occasional black eye.
Stephen King • The Shining
society or show the precise mental and emotional processes leading up to his change.
John Truby • The Anatomy of Story: 22 Steps to Becoming a Master Storyteller
a flawed, conflicted hero goes on a journey to become whole,
John Yorke • Into The Woods: How Stories Work and Why We Tell Them
memory is uniquely personal and, as time passes, the facts of an event are often rewritten to reflect the teller and the stories he or she chooses to hold true.
James Lapine • Putting It Together: How Stephen Sondheim and I Created "Sunday in the Park with George
in each dark little teardrop is the makings of a tree.