GARRET
              I have ten years experience as a
              filmmaker and five years as a
              professor of screenwriting. Beyond 
              that, I can recognize a good script 
 	      because my knowledge of screenwriting 
	      is supported by a clear understanding
              of human nature.

                           ANGIE
              You're a psychologist?

                           GARRET
              Not exactly, but I know that all
              characters, real or fictitious,
              are motivated by basic needs created
	      out of human vulnerabilities. 
              Storytelling communicates a direct
              path to fulfilling the char-
              acters' needs which in the final
	      analysis creates an indirect path
	      to revealing our vulnerabilities.

              The up-shot is that novice screen-
	      writers do not always recog-
              nize the reasons for their char-
              acters' actions because they are
              unaware of the vulnerabilities
	      that they are engaged in revealing.

                           ANGIE
              Can't the writer assume that he
              or she knows this intuitively?

                           GARRET
              Maybe, but usually the result is
              under developed characters and
              weak story potential.