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		<title>It was just a dream&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 17 Nov 2009 07:47:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Trevor Mayes</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Great article today at The Bitter Scriptreader about the ol&#8217; dream cliché: Take note, writers. There are few things you could do that convince me more of your hackitude than having a cop-out ending where everything is revealed as &#8220;just a dream.&#8221; From where I sit, it completely guts the story on an emotional level [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Great article today at <a href="http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2009/11/cliches-im-tired-of-seeing-part-six-it.html" target="_blank">The Bitter Scriptreader</a> about the ol&#8217; dream cliché:</p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><em>Take note, writers. There are few things you could do that convince me more of your hackitude than having a cop-out ending where everything is revealed as &#8220;just a dream.&#8221; From where I sit, it completely guts the story on an emotional level because then nothing that happened in the movie &#8220;mattered.&#8221; There were no rules for anything that happened. Plus, it&#8217;s often a cheap out for a writer trying to surprise the audience.</em></p>
<p style="padding-left: 30px;"><a href="http://thebitterscriptreader.blogspot.com/2009/11/cliches-im-tired-of-seeing-part-six-it.html" target="_blank">Full Article</a><em><br />
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