{"id":7962,"date":"2015-02-10T09:55:01","date_gmt":"2015-02-10T14:55:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mckeestory.com\/?p=7962"},"modified":"2015-02-09T10:28:42","modified_gmt":"2015-02-09T15:28:42","slug":"can-the-object-of-desire-be-abstract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/can-the-object-of-desire-be-abstract\/","title":{"rendered":"Can the Object of Desire Be Abstract?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1080\" height=\"810\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NQhEjL-5aPA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h4>How does the abstract differ from other Objects of Desire?<\/h4>\n<p>Robert McKee clarifies the concept of an Object of Desire, the missing element a protagonist seeks to restore balance, and reveals the nuances of this mandatory story component.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class='one_half'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Quote of the Week<\/h4>\n<blockquote><p>&#8220;Be sure not to discuss your hero&#8217;s state of mind. Make it clear from his actions.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8211; Anton Chekhov<\/strong>\n<em>Letter to Alexander Chekhov, May 10, 1886<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='one_half et_column_last'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4>Featured Article<\/h4>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.storylink.com\/article\/321\" target=\"_blank\">An Interview with Robert McKee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>By <em>StoryLink<\/em>&#8216;s Debra Eckerling &#8211; Aug. 18, 2009<\/p>\n<p>McKee begins this wide-ranging Q&amp;A by discussing the Object of Desire and gives a great summation of how it impacts the story.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div><div class='clear'><\/div><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How does the abstract differ from other Objects of Desire? Robert McKee clarifies the concept of an Object of Desire, the missing element a protagonist seeks to restore balance, and reveals the nuances of this mandatory story component. &nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"video","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[47],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7962","post","type-post","status-publish","format-video","hentry","category-lessons","post_format-post-format-video"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7962","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7962"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7962\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7962"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mckeestory.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}