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Russian Orthodoxy, Fairy Tales, and Good Story Telling (Dcn. Nicholas Kotar) | Ep. 398

Pints With Aquinas

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The Importance of Respect in Writing

When writing, the characters start doing things on their own and you can't do anything about it. Flannery O'Connor talks about this in one of her letters where she says that you have to have enough respect for your characters. These characters are images of us, but he created us in utter freedom. So if we can't create them in utter freedom, then they won't be good characters,. He met like I sent you questions. Also bonus question, do you think children are more likely to mimic behaviors that they see in TV movies? Yes. Then they read you absolutely.

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