From: mumble@nomail.invalid   
      
   On 06/06/2014 09:00 AM, overload@spam.ftc.gov wrote:   
   > Character-driven stories come from observation of people. Plot-driven   
   > stories come from observations of complex systems.   
      
   I chose your last paragraph so as not to snip everything; thanks for   
   your thoughtful reply.   
      
   You say stories come from this, and stories come from that.  Certainly   
   the observation of people tells one about people, and observation of   
   complex systems tells one about systems; but where does the *story*   
   itself come from?   
      
   Is the root of a story always a conflict?   
      
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