Posts Tagged ‘writing’
4th Grade Lesson
When I was in the fourth grade, I was asked to help write a short Christmas play. (This pre-dated the ban on the reference to Christmas in schools). I fell in love with storytelling. This affinity for simple, straight-forward narrative has helped me throughout my professional and personal life. When I served as…
Read MoreDo Literary Devices Help Us Better Understand our Halloween Experiences?
Christmas and Thanksgiving movies often hinge on the underlying stresses of families getting together and trying to have a happy, peaceful and meaningful family gathering. It’s great tension, and story thrives on tension. But there’s also underlying tension for the Halloween experience, which is usually underutilized because it is, perhaps, just a bit too…
Read MoreHalloween: the Unintentionally Scary Holiday
Halloween parties have already begun and costumes like the sexy nurse has got me thinking about the origins of the holiday, and how far from its original purpose we have come. A basic Wikipedia search tells it pretty well: Halloween was originally a Celtic holiday to celebrate the harvest season, possibly including pagan rituals…
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