After reading hundreds of screenplays, I can tell you five categories - pillars of storytelling - that readers look for in every story, no matter its format. What are they, and what do they have to do with personal growth? I'm glad you ask...

What stories are you always sharing? Do you find yourself armed with a ready list of aches, complaints, and irritations whenever someone asks, 'How's it going?' You might be unwittingly adding power to your worries and frustrations by "venting" them all the time.

Our lives are epic stories, in which we are both Heroes and Authors. What makes for good storytelling can be used for personal growth.

Success can't exist without failure... and naps.