Decades in the making, The Hero8217s Dilemma was written by one of the world8217s toprated writing teachers, Jeff Kitchen This book is a game changer, showing you how to start any story from scratch, maximizing its dramatic power as you create, develop, and construct it A Dilemma of magnitude8212trapping a protagonist between two equally unacceptable alternatives8212is the engine of drama, and yet it8217s virtually unheard of in film schools or writing courses The Hero8217s Dilemma gives you deep, practical knowhow, not just mere information Jeff demonstrates the process in action by building a story of unexpected emotional depth about a hitman who8217s hiding his dementia forming a lifechanging connection with his intended victim Dramatic writing is generally considered the most elusive of all the literary disciplines It8217s slippery, unpredictable, and hard to pin down as evidenced by 99 of all scripts being rejected Dilemma is a keystone to making a good story actable, consistently compelling, and sellable Jeff has trained thousands of writers, from playwriting on Broadway to screenwriting and TV writing in Hollywood, as well as novelists, and this book is a distillation of his years of wisdom and experience at the cutting edge of advanced dramatic technique and screenwriting principles Jeff8217s students have been nominated for multiple Academy Awards and Emmys A companion piece to his 2006 classic, Writing a Great Movie, this book is a master class that advances the craft of writing to a new level 8220It may be that you have solved that drat mystery 8221 David Mamet, WriterDirector, Pulitzer Prize in Drama