Yes.

This may be the main reason I enjoyed the movies that appeal to me. If I feel worse (emotionally) coming out of the film than I did going in - then I definitely don't want to watch that movie again. I know real life doesn't always end up like that, but that's why I go to the movies - to escape real life for awhile.

The breadth and depth of material on your site, Scott, entirely awesome. So a story ending with a positive frame of reference is more meaningful and satisfying than any expected happy ending. Also awesome. Loved Emma Thompson's observation, from NYT, "...initial reaction to Lindsay’s presentation was a bit like when you read something in a book and think you’ve always known it,” but then you realize “the only reason you thought you knew it is because it’s so well put and so clear.” One first impression, Doran, Seligman, Richard Feynman (bio reading now), and you, Scott, all score high on the PERMA scale. A particularly positive frame of reference, high productivity, and great curiosity and drive to get to what is real and true, all that good stuff. And in all cases, what engages, you all keep at it until you've distilled to something useful. Inspiring. Would be cool to harness that inspiring aspect to our characters.

You're making me blush, Atlanta. But it's just life coming at me. I filter and go with my gut. For example, the "Perfectly Happy" article caused me to have a sudden inspiration: Why don't I do a week or even two week's worth of posts focusing on character development? There are so many tricks of the trade to use to spark a writer's imagination in that regard. What is the Feynman bio? I have this taped series I listened to years ago. Wow!

I like the resolution aspect. In the movie, I think there is also the aspect that we ourselves had similar toys. It hit me when I saw Mr. and Mrs. Potato head. We are ending a cycle of time in our lives when giving up our toys as Andy has done. I still have a few tucked away in a box. Andy is growing up and moving on and he is sharing his experience and passing it along. It is both a death and a birth for him as he moves on. He knows he should and has to. It connects because we have had to do the same thing. It is very well done.

Darling got me two graphic novel bios for birthday, ridiculously excited, had to force myself not to read all at once. Feynman and Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth, on Bertrand Russell. Inspiring wonderful people. And the author of Feynman book (Jim Ottaviani)? Of similar PERMA exuberant ilk :-) I love creatives. They make fun things. And things fun. And inspire. Might we create characters that provide that same function to audience at large. Character development would be fun :-) And heart of it all.