Throughout time, the greatest orators and teachers have illuminated their lessons by telling powerful stories. Story-telling is a great way to engage your audience and show them how your topic, point or lesson relates to them specifically. Unfortunately, not everyone is born a great story-teller, and some stories are better than others. Follow these 7 [...]
Throughout history, many fashion icons have built their houses on rocky ground. Some have fallen. Rising to the top is the House of Chanel. Commanding attention as a leader in revenue and demand for fashion-conscious women, Chanel handbags—and the designer herself—have stood the test of time for nearly two centuries.
Gabrielle Bonheur Chanel was born [...]
Naruto is a very well-known Japanese manga (comic) and anime (animation) series, both in the US and across the world. The series, both manga and anime, have created a phenomenal success throughout the world, especially amongst teens and young adults. The manga has been running since 1999 and has had up to Volume 46 [...]
Some writers make the mistake of thinking that a brilliantly conceived plot will make up for poor characterisation. It won’t. Readers want to read about people they can believe in. Here are some pointers on how to develop flesh and blood characters.
Of course, you need to have a clear picture of what your hero or [...]
The world is full of dating horror stories. As long as men date women, and women date men, this will most likely continue to be the case too. It doesn’t matter how perfect a date can be planned, something can and often does go wrong. Sometimes it’s just plain bad luck, but at other times [...]
Yes, actually, you were an odd kid. That, my friends, is a very good thing. Remember how you used to avoid some of the tiles, because they weren’t tiles, but lava? I mean, you don’t see an adult looking under their bed for monsters, anymore, or pretending that inanimate objects are alive and spy on [...]
So, apparently Corfu can be a sinister place indeed after dark! Knowing what we know, and seeing what we’ve seen, many of us here listen with a perked ear to each strange sound after night has fallen, to each bump in the night. One never knows where danger lurks, or when his turn might come [...]
Soon, a delightful tale designed to amuse and even jerk a tear or two will be available here. “Living In The Land of Odd” is a collection of stories about my mother who lost her eyesight but not her insight, my dad who kept it all together all the time, some top secret clearances, life [...]
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