Christopher Vogler The Writers Journey
It was the most adult environment I had ever been in, run on unspoken but
rigorous principles of personal responsibility. N o whining allowed, no excuses. And
the same fierce intensity was applied to the stories. Every concept, every comment,
every suggestion had to pass the most stringent tests of common sense, logic, and
show business instinct. I had the good fortune to work with some of the best story
brains in the business, foremost among them being Fox 2 0 0 0 ' s founder Laura Ziskin,
but also many talented executives, writers, directors, and producers. In this exacting
laboratory I learned useful techniques for analyzing stories, ways of looking at
characters and describing story situations that I hope will inform the new sections
of this revised edition.
Among the things I learned at Fox 2 0 0 0 was to listen to my body as a judge
of a story's effectiveness. I realized that the good stories were affecting the organs of