![]() ![]() ![]() (Purchase links: Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Kobo, the publisher.) Mr. In Stan Lee, Bob Batchelor tells the story of the remarkable man who started out wanting to write the great American novel and ended up creating a universe instead. There’s nothing wrong with this kind of “borrowing.” Nothing at all! In fact, every single writer does it, but few have done it as well as Stan Lee, the living legend who created (or co-created) characters that have made approximately eleventy trillion dollars at the box office. The great challenge for the writer, then, is to devise a new way to tell old stories. No, friend, there are very few original stories. To some extent, these are the same story. Star Wars, Lord of the Rings, The Odyssey…even The Hangover. If you said Ender’s Game, I would do the same. If you said Harry Potter, I would tell you that you are wrong in an effort to confuse you and to make you think. He makes friends who eventually help him out on his ultimate quest: to restore the balance between good and evil. The mentor takes the boy to a place where he can learn more about his power. One day, an older figure intrudes into his life and reveals a secret: the boy has powers that he didn’t know about. Did you ever hear that story about the young boy who doesn’t have any parents? He lives in a place that he hates and dreams of doing something more with his life. ![]()
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