How to Get to Story Minefields in the Development Process?

In the development process, when you don't have the ability to throw that panic switch because no one's paying you, you can still hit minefield at least story. Maybe o politics or personalities, but there's story minefields. What keeps you moving forward in that situation? You know, it's really interesting, i think, and it may be particular to the partnership that we have. Most of our time is spent laughing our asses off. I love that we trust each other a enough. He's got me and i've got him, and we make each other laugh.