“A Christmas Carol” virtually synonymous with “Christmas,” but why is it such a powerful story that never seems to ever get old?
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Dec 12 2018
Embrace the Inner Psychopath: Great Authors Will Even Kill Christmas
Embrace the inner psychopath. If I could only teach ONE ‘trick’ for writing great stories, it would be this: The moral codes that make us excellent citizens make us terrible writers. We have to remember the rules change when dealing in the realms of imagination. Fiction is NOT life, rather it is an imitation of life. …
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Dec 07 2015
Charles Dickens—Using Symbol, Theme & Allegory to Create Enduring Stories
Why are there certain stories we just can’t get enough of? Why do some stories fade away while others become staples for every generation? Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol has been made into all kinds of movies, plays, cartoons, musicals and there are countless variations of Dickens’ original story: A grumpy old miser who is transformed …
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