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Euphemisms

“Euphemisms, such as journey, separate the mind from the unpleasant realities around it, and, like the genteelisms we use when we toilet-train children, they have a place in polite society. But the protagonist of a well-told story is not a passive passenger; she struggles dynamically through time and space to fulfill her desire.”


Excerpt From
Storynomics
Robert McKee & Thomas Gerace

 

Feb 6, 2019 11:16:17 PM
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