If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule-a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last. (John Steinbeck)

If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule-a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last.

John Steinbeck

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