Darkness Falls

Plot: Premise (DF)

1. Setting: The town is Brightly Colorful, Texas.
The time is Now.

2. Protagonist: Rally Witts, a world-class painter, whose self-image is wrapped up in his ability to paint on canvases.
His flaws include being self-absorbed to the point of being pompous and looking down on others.
His goals are becoming the highest paid visual artist in the world with the best of everything

The secondary protagonist is Jessie Fide, Rally's live-in girlfriend, is rather nondescript, except that she is pretty, which attracted Rally to her. Her life catchphrase is "I'm Rally's girlfriend. I'm not talented, like he is. I'm just glad he loves me."
Her flaws include discounting her own talents, while finding her identity and value wrapped up in Rally.
Her goal is to be the best girlfriend, "and maybe one day his wife," while trying to help him achieve his goals.

3. Conflict: Their "house of cards" folds when Rally Witts has to "feel" his way after work one night to the growing realization that he is going blind. The "Why" for both of them is completely wrapped up in the concept that "Life only has value when you're providing a service or a commodity that others want."

4. Antagonist: Karen Tumech shows up on the scene to pick apart Rally's paintings when he is at his best. She stays around to heap on depression, despair, and criticism when it comes time to reevaluate and re-coop his life, after losing his sight.

Just for Fun: "When giftedness becomes self-centered, The Lord often changes the playing field to turn our focus Godward."