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This excerpt, more than anything, shows Walt's optimism for life, and more than anything else, this evident optimism, in my opinion, is what propelled his success: "Get the thought that when you are in the dumps open up and sing and be happy. You don't know where your home is... read more →

Just a couple of comments of the Disney story structure method that came out in this meeting: Early on, Walt commented both "Get the contrast in there" and "that is a good contrast." You will always see a lot of contrast in Disney story. Walt stated "That would be better... read more →

From a story perspective, I did find the following bit interesting: "Maybe you could have a broken rake for the combing of his beard." When studying creativity, there's a great source in watching how young children play. They are constantly re-purposing objects in a creative way. For example, they might... read more →

This document is a lengthy but ideal example of the great effort Walt put into creating his stories. It starts out with a story continuity, and then goes into a conference discussion to "plus the story," trying to achieve perfection -- and in my opinion, they got very close. Some... read more →

Walt and his Story Department continue working out the Soup Sequence. It starts out with an outline followed by a discussion. Note Walt does not want "too much dialogue" in this sequence. As a general rule, the old Disney always tried to minimize dialogue, whereas the new Disney seems to... read more →