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What’s The Basic Conflict In My Play?

I’m reading Playwriting: Writing, Producing and Selling Your Play by Louis E. Catron. I’m on chapter eight and writing out the scenario for my one-man play. What’s the basic conflict? What does the protagonist want? I want to be happy. … Continue reading

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The most important thing in life is your connection with the people you love

What are the alternatives? What else would you put number one? Some people might say God is more important than people, but in my religion, Judaism, the way you love God is by loving your fellow. People who get lost … Continue reading

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Why do I believe that belief in God is important?

My life has often been lonely, but it has been less lonely when I’ve believed in God, when I’ve believed that God listened to me and cared about me and judged me and intended to reward and punish me according … Continue reading

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You Can Learn From Everyone, But Should You?

I grew up a Seventh-Day Adventist preacher’s kid at SDA college campuses. Until ninth grade, I had no non-Adventist friends. I learned to see the world the way my father preached even though I felt little connection with his preaching. … Continue reading

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Everything we do affects other people

Everything we do affects other people. If we hole up in our room and either read a book or watch TV or listen to a lecture or exercise or meditate, that choice we make is going to affect us and … Continue reading

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