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The trick to making a story matter is that every now and then, somebody you care about has to go. if it's somebody that you don't care about, then it doesn't really have - the stakes aren't there. but if you do that every now and then, then the story matters to people. and there are actual stakes involved, emotional stakes.

-David Simon

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The Trick To Making A Story Matter

David Simon

The trick to making a story matter is that every now and then, somebody you care about has to go. if it's somebody that you don't care about, then it doesn't really have - the stakes aren't there. but if you do that every now and then, then the story matters to people. and there are actual stakes involved, emotional stakes.

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