Tag Archives: story

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  What I want from the final season of LOST

  Posted on February 1, 2010 by Kat French in story & craft

  I don’t want my very last season of LOST to be 18 episodes of exposition…I want a rip-roaring, rollicking good story by the end of this thing. It may well be the beginning of the end, but it ain’t over till it’s over, baby.

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  Because sometimes being special sucks.

  Posted on December 10, 2009 by Kat French in real life, story & craft

  Nobody likes risk. Nobody likes to find out that what they were working towards or hoping to happen just… doesn’t work out. What I’m realizing lately is that in life, it’s sometimes the element of risk that creates a meaningful experience in the first place.

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  The stories you choose not to tell.

  Posted on July 29, 2009 by Kat French in real life, story & craft

  Stories are powerful. I’ve  seen the way that story can mobilize people around a common cause. When my kids get in trouble, coming up with a good story is always their first response in trying to get out of it. Counselors encourage people to tell their story, and in telling it, gain freedom to change [...]

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