How to Write Metaphors (which don't suck!) | On Writing
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0:00 Intro
1:30 Why Metaphors Work
6:00 When to use metaphors
9:45 Interconnectivity
13:25 The best monologue ever written
16:00 making metaphors literal
19:00 metaphors aren't deeper
22:20 cErUlEaN oRbs
24:50 extended metaphors!
28:30 metaphors in games
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Tim