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Matthew Dicks: Crafting a Story ("News of Divorce")

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How to Tell a Story on Stages

The end of my story is the moment Henry leans in and I discover for the first time that my parents divorce is a tragedy for me. We want to start stories as close to the end as possible so there's some good symmetry there it's as close as I can get to the end. There's going to be a second scene thinking about the divorce trying to figure out what it means deciding that it's sort of gossipy and potentially useful in terms of getting people's attention. "I'm probably still desperately trying to get people's attention to this day right right there was a time in Brazil when I was standing in front of about 900 kids"

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