EXERCISE: Just a TV commercial?

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Original Posting March 13, 2015

I hadn't seen these before, but take a click over here

http://www.values.com/inspirational-stories-tv-spots

and click on one. Homer Loyalty, or maybe Hallway Forgiveness? Or...

Now get out a tissue and blow your nose.

Think about it. How did they tell that story? Why is it so effective?

And can you write a story using that theme? How would you change it? Where would you set it, who would be in your story, how would it start, how would it end? And then what happened...

Heck, for a quick practice exercise, play one, then write that story! Yes, show us in words the TV commercial you just watched. Translating from visual media to written is always fun!

Yeah, you know, write!