Manna and the Millennium
Carlet, Louis
Storytelling is about conflict. A guy doesn't say, I wanna million dollars, and then get a million dollars. What kind of story is that?" Thus spoke David Patch, my high school drama teacher. But what if a guy did ask and get a million dollars? What if the story's conflict lay elsewhere? What kind of story is that, indeed?
In college I found out. Studying Chinese language and literature under Professor Moss Roberts, we read "A Wizard's Tale, "...