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Acknowledgments x Introduction (Vogler) xMy Time in the Story Deartment (McKenna)Who Are Those Guys? x(Vogler)Cp 1. You Gotta Have a Theme 1(Vogler) Cp 2. The “Want” List 7(McKenna)Cp 3. What’s the Big Deal? 13(Vogler)Cp 4. The Contract with the Audience 17(Vogler)Cp 5. Polar Oosites 23(McKenna)Cp 6. The Memo That Started It All: A Practical 29Guide to
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(Vogler)Cp 7. The Hero’s Inner Journey 57(Vogler)Cp 8. Recirocal Action 65(McKenna)Cp 9. Out of Character: The Archetyes and 71Other Ways to Look at Character (Vogler)Cp 10. Character: The Algebraic Equation 87(and Other Unnatural Acts)(McKenna)Cp 11. Theohrastus, What a Character! 93(Vogler)