Toy Story 3: What We Can Learn From a Great Story Pt. 1 of 3

Today I'll launch a three-part series about the movie Toy Story 3. Yes, the movie was that good.

It's rare a story comes along in which the elements are as perfectly clear as they are in this film. The movie is graphically impressive, to be sure, but what really shines is the story itself, and in this movie, the story has been chiseled down to the basic foundational elements, elements that, amazingly, too many screenwriters ignore.

The reason I'm excited about this series is because the...