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Tag: western

Lessons

Do Reasons Even Matter?

28 Feb 20227 Mar 2022
The Ends Justify the Means) The 1960 film The Magnificent Seven opens on a town being taken advantage of by Calvera, the head of a notorious gang of bandits. Calvera…
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That’s So Inciting!

24 May 202130 Dec 2021
Coming to a Decision) I ended the last chapter of Covalent with the main character coming to an important decision. Previously Cace had been scolded by Aylme for his visits…
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Good Guys Don’t Shoot in the Back

5 Apr 202128 Dec 2021
The Impotent Domination) The final act of a story is where the hero has been truly converted to their guiding philosophy, and now they will trust in it to overcome…
Lessons

Stories Are Like Onions

9 Mar 202028 Nov 2021
A Story of a Story) There is an account in the Old Testament of the prophet Nathan coming to King David and relating a story to him. Nathan told of…
Short Stories

Does What He Must

11 Jul 201918 Nov 2021
"A man doesn't do what he can. He does what he must." Those were the last words my father said to me before he left to fight in the great…

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