Episode 65: Let's talk about Christmas stories

Notes:

The Verbivore references the final line in It’s a Wonderful Life. Here is the actual line:

"A toast to my big brother George: the richest man in town.”

The Verbivore paraphrases the opening scene of Love Actually. Here is that actual quote:

“When the planes hit the Twin Towers, as far as I know, none of the phone calls from the people on board were messages of hate or revenge – they were all messages of love. If you look for it, I've got a sneaky feeling you'll find that love actually is all around.”

The Verbivore references a quote from the movie The Thoery of Everything. Here are those words:

“There should be no boundaries to human endeavor. We are all different. However bad life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. While there's life, there is hope.”

The Verbivore references line from Marlene DeVose’s Poinsettia. It is: “They drove off in a direction that Leemi had no knowledge about except that it was forward. As vague as she thought it seemed, she drove in the direction of forward.”

Movies Mentioned:

It’s a Wonderful Life

A Charlie Brown Christmas

Love Actually

The Theory of Everything

Books Mentioned:

Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere) by Lisa Cron

The Hate U Give by Angie Thomas

Mexican Gothic by Silvia Moreno-Garcia

Poinsettia by Marlene DeVose

Music from: https://filmmusic.io
’Friendly day’ by Kevin MacLeod (https://incompetech.com)
Licence: CC BY (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)