That's What She Said

"Boiled down to its essence, good story often comes out of a character who is trying to restore the status quo, but whose efforts constantly pushing things further out of whack, until they reach a crisis. This is not necessarily because she makes bad decisions, but because of who she is -- it is what makes her an interesting character, and familiar to us...we who so often seem to make things worse when we mean to make them better."

--That's What She Said: A Style Guide, by Veronica Villaviciosa