Scott writes, "We can think of the unconscious like Jung did, the reservoir of material that was once conscious, but has been forgotten or suppressed." A big question in screenwriting theory and practice is 'Why here and why now'? Should a producer ask you the same question, your script should answer with 'because the suppressed must return ... with a vengeance.'

Yes, Michael! As we'll see in tomorrow's post in this series, there is SO MUCH MORE COOL STUFF we can mine as writers in thinking about our Protagonist's journey in this way as opposed to the rather flat and surface level approach we typically see: What is their flaw? This way, the Protagonist is host to a bubbling cauldron of conflicting psychological dynamics. Toss in the Shadow and there you are: "Because the suppressed must return... with a vengeance."