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““Excuses are Excuses are the nails used the nails used

to build a to build a house of house of failure.”failure.”

Don Wilder Don Wilder andand Bill Bill RechinRechin

(1934-2008)(1934-2008)(1930-2011)(1930-2011)

IdiomIdiomLabor of LoveLabor of Love

Something you do Something you do just because you like just because you like it and not for moneyit and not for moneyDaily VocabularyDaily Vocabulary

SchmoSchmoA stupid, boring, A stupid, boring, obnoxious personobnoxious person

Literary VocabularyLiterary VocabularyUnity of ActionUnity of ActionRealistic events Realistic events

following a single following a single plotline and a plotline and a

limited number of limited number of characters that are characters that are

realistic and realistic and believable believable

(verisimilitude) (verisimilitude)