Christmas is a magical time of year. A time of family and friends. The beautiful sounds and aromas fill the air and our noses. The colours of green, gold and pink…Pink??? Wait what?
Yes! Pink!
I was lucky enough a few years back to stumble across a pre lit pink Christmas tree and I did not hesitate ti snatch that beauty up. For the past 20 or so years of my life I’ve loved and adored the colour pink.
So a pink Christmas tree was a perfect find for me.
This blog is to tell you how to set-up and create your Perfect Pink Christmas Tree.
There are always questions prior to writing a good story. The following are the question that should be answered even before you think about publishing.
First Question: What is the driving question of the story you are writing. What is the reason? What is the purpose? Ask these questions to yourself, joy down answers and come up with the best driving reasons that you can come up with.
Second Question: Is the story transparent. Will the reader understand your story. Make sure you are targeting the correct audience with a story that question: Will it make sense to them and will it have them keep on reading.
Third Question: Will the story engage the audience. Will the story prove to be provoking emotion, suspense, intensity. Will the audience, the ready, want to keep reading.
Fourth Question: What are the stories ingredients? Do these ingredients help the story along? Secondary characters, secondary plots. Will these help or hinder what your story is about
Fifth Question: What will the audience remember? Will your story leave a lasting impression with your audience. Will they want to recommend it to someone else?
These questions are important to answer before finishing a good story. If you can’t answer these, chances your work will be weak and forgettable. And no one wants that. We all want a happy audience who has read a good story!
What better a story for girls growing up to lean that true love is not always about physical attraction but what is on the inside.
How a beautiful girl can fall in love with someone who won’t even look in a mirror.
How a hideous Beast can learn to see himself the way someone who loves him does.
And the music. Let’s not forget about the music.
The Spine
Once upon a time there was a young girl who dreamed of love and adventure in the great beyond.
Everyday she would read and dream of adventures somewhere beyond the little, simple town where she lived
But one day, her scientist, father went off to sell his creations and ended up becoming lost and at a castle in the woods to find warmth.
Because of that their horse maurice returned home to a confused and concerned Belle.
Because of that Belle rushed into the unknown in search of her father whom she found locked in a dark mysterious castle.
Because of that a Beast agreed to trade her fathers freedom for hers and she stayed a captive prisoner.
Until finally one day Belle realized that the Beast has a beautiful soul and that he was changing in front of her eyes. She fell fir him, as he did for her, unfortunately the town “hunk” wanted Belle for himself and tried to kill the Beast for Belle.
In the end, Love overcame and the Beast learned to love and was changed into a human once again.
The Characters
The characters are also very vivid and playful and unforgettable. With a love sick candelabra, a pompous clock, a serving teapot and her inquisitive son. Who couldn’t love the comedic extras that were so creatively imagined. From their own singing to even there own little story lines. They created an extra touch of magic to this already magical story.
A Favorite
This movie was a favorite in our household growing up, not just because it was my sisters absolute favorite. Or that she has a sweet memory of our departed grandmother giving her her first VHS copy of it for some occasion. But the music has always been something that, even my brother and father, seemed to enjoy.
Each song brings out a certain emotion and feeling that is remembered even to this day. They make you want to cry, dance and genuinely feel something for the characters. Of course my favorite is Be Our Guest https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=afzmwAKUppU
The colours, the joy in the characters and of course the food with in the song are amazing. I even got to experience the Grey Stuff when in Orlando Florida at the Beast Castles in Disney World for lunch. And yes, it does taste as amazing as it sounds.
Would I say that Beauty and the Beast is my all time favorite movie, no. But it is the most memorable. However it is my sisters favorite Disney movies, and she is a very important part of my life. That makes this movie important to me.
I’m sure anyone who has seen this movie could agree that it was a wonderful gift given to us by Disney.
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