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A story should be taken to heart
And incubated
Brooded upon
Mulled over
Savoured.
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The subject of a good story is always you.
Every one of you.
Not you as you are.
You as you could be.
And, perhaps, really ought to be.
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Good stories are a part of that science of the soul
which insists that your world cannot be changed
without first changing yourself.
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Even the most seemingly insignificant story
can pick up your soul and shake it like a leaf in the wind.
Where then is the world
you thought you lived in?
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Only after the incubation
The brooding and mulling
The savouring…
Should the story be left
To fly free
In the world.
– Count Jack Black
