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Quotable 454

Posted on June 8, 2022May 8, 2022 by bryon

If you have several ways you can take a situation, and you pick the one that cheats the characters, the audience, and common sense, you need to pick again.
– Jamahl Epsicokhan

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Quotable 346

Posted on November 13, 2019October 21, 2019 by bryon

The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.
– Malcolm Cowley

Posted in Quotable Tagged element, existing, germ, introduce, Malcolm Cowley, mood, new, Quotable, simple, situation, story

Quotable 213

Posted on August 6, 2014August 5, 2014 by bryon

The germ of a story is a new and simple element introduced into an existing situation or mood.
– Malcolm Cowley

Posted in Quotable Tagged beginning, element, existing, germ, introduction, Malcolm Cowley, mood, new, Quotable, simple, situation, story

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