Tag: America
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Sometimes, It’s BEST To ‘Think Like’ A STORYTELLER…
If you want to have a shot at being a successful storyteller, you need to have a better grasp of how people actually tick than most other people. Storytellers who don’t get human beings right are soon employed doing other things — storytelling being out of their range. As any reader or audience member can…
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Dear American News Media: Telling A Story Is Like ‘CLIMBING’ A Mountain – Not Just ‘LOOKING’ At One…
Mountains impress. They wow you with their existence, their enormity, their majesty, their size. On the one hand you want to revere it like a sentient creature, on the other, you want to climb it — not so much to master it as just to look it directly in the eye. You want the mountain…
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What This Country MEANS To Me (America IS Exceptional — When Republicans GET OUT OF OUR WAY…)
I have a mixed marriage. I am American and my wife is British (now also American). My children are mixed – British & American Nationals. I have contemplated becoming like them – a Bi-National. And yet — I have always had reservations about doing such a thing — because, on some level, I feel like…