When Friday the 13th Meets Valentine’s Day

This is the second month in a row where the post I anticipated writing has been preempted by events—this time, by the calendar. Given the conjunction of two of the year’s most emotionally charged days, how could I not write about fear and love?
Let me tell you a story.
One of the most significant writing workshops I ever took part in was titled “Finding the Story.” It was run by screenwriter Gill Dennis, most famous for his script for the Johnny Cash biopic Walk the Line.
In the workshop, Gill provided three cues, and we were to write scenes from our own past that those prompts suggested. The prompts were, in order:

Moment of Greatest Fear
Moment of Greatest Shame
I Love You …
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