Alice Marina
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With Cindy Busby, Benjamin Hollingsworth, Kathie Lee Gifford, Hilary Jardine. Is it divine intervention/Godwink, coincidences or a meddling mom, when Alice, managing the family clothing store, and Jack, medical sales, keep bumping into each other before Christmas?
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- Drama, Romance
- Paul Ziller
- 2019-11-17
It's the Christmas season. Olga, the matriarch of the very large extended Marina family in Minneapolis, believes in Godwinks: what seem like mere coincidences really divine intervention of the cosmos.
Aug 8, 2021 · A coincidence works — and becomes important — because of what follows it. If the coincidence just a passing incident, it might feel forced, but if it becomes a key part of the story’s plot,...
- Capitalize on the coincidence that initiates your story. We don’t typically think of it this way, but really all stories start with a coincidence.
- Avoid justifying what readers readily accept. In contrast to what we’ve just established—that the earlier a coincidence occurs in the story, the less it needs to be justified in the minds of readers—many authors spend excessive time trying to explain why the opening should make sense.
- Leverage genre conventions. Coincidences are more acceptable in some genres than in others. For instance, fate tends to play a bigger role in romance, fantasy, and horror: The lovers are destined to be together (regardless of when in the story that destiny is revealed), the prophecy about the young wizard must come true, and readers might anticipate that the demon will somehow survive at the end to wreak havoc again.
- Point out coincidences in the middle. Every coincidence except the opening one requires a leap of faith. So, the further you move into a story, the more coincidences will undermine believability.
2019. Drama. 1h 25m. Is it divine intervention/Godwink, coincidences or a meddling mom, when Alice, managing the family clothing store, and Jack, medical sales, keep bumping into each other before Christmas?
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- Paul Ziller
Apr 22, 2024 · What if you or someone you know had an experience so strange, it might make a great story? If you have enough facts, you can write about it in an essay, memoir, or other nonfiction.
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Another Christmas Coincidence. Inspired by a true story. End credits show that nothing is coincidental. In real life, the building that is Alice's condo complex and the building that is Jack's hotel residence in Minneapolis are not located across the street from each other.
