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But If You Read Jane Austen, You Know That She Had A Wicked Sense Of Humor. Not Only Was She Funny, But Her Early Writing Was Very Dark And Had A Gothic Tone To It.

If A Novelist Has Created Vivid Characters, Interesting Relationships, Settings The Reader Can Easily Imagine, And Intriguing Stories, A Screenwriter Has Loads To Work With. The Challenge Comes With Deciding What To Cut And What To Keep.

Living Men Are Bound By Time... Thus, Their Lives Have An Urgency. This Gives Them Ambition. Makes Them Choose Those Things That Are Most Important, Cling More Tightly To That Which They Hold Dear. Their Lives Have Seasons, And Rites Of Passage, And Consequences. And Ultimately, An End. But What Of A Life With No Urgency? What Then Of Ambition? What Then Of Love?

Hug Your Children...kiss Your Mothers And Fathers, Your Brothers And Sisters. Tell Them How Much You Love Them, Every Day. Because Every Day Is The Last Day. Every Light Casts A Shadow. And Only The Gods Know When The Darkness Will Find Us.