 Drama: December 06, 2011 Issue [#4750] |
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This week: Are You a Tease? Edited by: Fyn-dragon  
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Christmas waves a magic wand over this world, and behold, everything is softer and more beautiful. ~Norman Vincent Peale
Christmas is a time when you get homesick - even when you're home. ~Carol Nelson
He who has not Christmas in his heart will never find it under a tree. ~Roy L. Smith
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*sing-song voice*
"I got you a Christmas (or birthday or what-ever) present today...I think you'll really love it!"
This, of course, is said some time way before said holiday. But the present is in hand and
you want them to think about it, to wonder about it, to be curious about it. You tease them
with the thought, the idea, the possibility....In my case, we all drive each other crazy with the
before Christmas teases. It is a quarter of the fun. The finding and acquiring, the wrapping,
the giving and the final stage of watching them receive. We tease, give hints. Animal, mineral,
vegetable. Bigger than a breadbox. Red, green, blue or ???
We package it, disguise it, wrap box within box within box within BOX! We put on a pretty bow
and add a tag. Sometimes, early Christmas morning the tags are changed, totally confounding
the early' tag-checker, present shakers'. Other times we drop hints which grow ever less subtle--
we want them to figure it out at which point the anticipation grows in a totally different way.
We wrap tiny-sized presents in humongous boxes, wrap a clue inside a tiny box and send them
on a treasure hunt inside and out. Hide a present in plain sight on the tree. We prolong the excitement.
So too it is with our writing. Give your readers subtle clues. Foreshadowing is an excellent way to give
them possibles, ideas, or, red herrings. Hide the obvious, shine a light on the hidden. Play with both
your writing and your reader. Have some fun, tease them a little! |
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Mara ♣ McBain  says:I love the holiday flavor and simple lesson in this NL. I could feel the love. 
Whispering Ghost of C.St.Ann  writes: A wonderful, touching, and inspiring NL, Fyn. Thank you for sharing your Christmas wisdom. This one's certainly a keeper!
bertiebrite hoping for peace  comments:Hi, I also received an orange, and sometimes a handful of mixed nuts. My family was also quite poor and it was a struggle at Christmas. But, we always got an orange. I never knew until I read this, that there was a story behind this; that it was a custom. My mom was born into the Great Depression and was raised through it. She never forgot the hunger and need and always told us "waste not, want not", which lingers in my mind till this day. An orange may not seem like much to some, but the explanation of this tradition tells worlds.
lindamv adds: Beautiful, Fyn. You always have something of real worth to say.
Thanks *big smile* I try very hard to say one thing and yet say more than that, oftem only implying how it applies to writing. So nice when folks 'get' it! |
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