• Writerly Wednesday

    Writing Human Nature

    A man named Aesop, in Greece, wanted to write a children’s book. He pulled together a few local tales, penned them, and hit the best-seller list.   By age seven, little Spartan and Athenian warriors went to school to become community-minded members of society by learning the fables. At the same time, they trained to be bloodthirsty warriors and graduated to slaughter Persians. Well, no society is perfect.   The fables stood the test of time. What are they, and how can they support your writing?  A fable is a short story featuring animals or objects as characters. The tale is designed to rely on the animal’s nature to convey a clear…