The Story You SHOULD Be Writing

I was so SHOCKED when I learned all the meta stuff was fake. I fell in love with this story (ironically, thanks to my dad reading it to me) when I was, like, 8. I was FIFTEEN when I learned that all the stuff added was completely fake.
The joking section added to later versions about Steven King being the reason Buttercup's Baby, the sequel, was never abridged is the reason I had a lifelong vendetta against that man.

You cannot express how thrilled I was to hear the words "I'm talking about the book 'The Princess Bride'"
I fucking LOVE this book, and it hurts me to no end when people have no idea about all the awesome stuff in it because they're too caught up with the movie.

Considering my resolution for 2024 is to write more... I like your comment to "Write the story that matters to me. The one that yearns to be told"

Ha! The Princess Bride... I remember reading that after being the last person in my high school social circle to see the movie... I opened the book and was like, "Okay, I'm down, I remember the framing scenario in the movie, but what IS this??" I remember checking the spine of the library book to make sure it was fiction and not some weird form of literary criticism... although if I had my own library I'd be tempted to classify it as literary humor: 817.5, I assume. I had also thus far missed out on the greats of Jewish-American comedy, although I had some vague notion of "a sort of Mel Brooks vibe." Definitely the kind of humor I'd recommend to someone over 30, or even 40, rather than a teen or twentysomething. One of the things that continued to remind me of that book through my high school and college years was that it also parodies what it's like to read one of the "great classics" nowadays, and to find it dull, badly paced, and problematic... Or just weird, as one's experience of The Princess Bride will be if you read it after the movie, without any idea what you're in for!

I think one reason to write something so balls-deep in balderdash is because by doing that, you can attempt to distill the general truth behind an experience... sometimes the factual details of any one particular event can make it hard to see its parallels and wider meanings or relevance. It's like how myths tell of things that never happened, but through them we can see what happened all the time, to the people who first told them.

I love the book! So glad you made this

princess bride is the most spectacular book and movie ever

The book is amazing, and anyone who says otherwise can't appreciate great writing

hey friend - just wanted to say, you're being overly dismissive of goldman's career and accomplishments - have a look at his wiki -

This is very “Proto-postmodern”. Is that a word? It is now.

Plz do the Neverending Story!

one minute in, hear the Princess Bride and immediately perk up

wonderful film, never read the book though

Is 'fairness' inherently romantic?

You just saved my writing career and the relationship with my girlfriend. Thank you, thank you, thank you.

The book doesn't ends in tragedy. The book ends in the beggining, at the museum. The giant bird is the best! Read it again, you'll see what I'm talking about.

the first book i got hooked on was wings of fire bc dragon = cool

If you like the way the author incorporates the life of a fake author into his book you should read “The life and opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman” it drags a bit on unimportant story lines but the concept is there

i get it. the little robot's like fred savage

I read the book once and didn't realize until much later that it preceded the movie. Need to give it another read.

The Princess Bride is a excellent and timeless film. Judging by the descriptions here of the book though, that might be too confusing for me to properly appreciate but I might eventually read it anyway.

This is such a fascinating way to see writing. I've been writing a.. to call it a story would be both an overstatement and understatement, a world of events, a history book of fiction for several years and the thwarted romantic in me tells me the deeper I get, the more I know it will likely never be a cohesive series, but it's mine, and there's nothing like it. if I ever manage to make it into a story, it will mean the world to me, but truthfully it already does. While I've spent so much time fleshing it all out, the lesson of this video and its topic is right. Write the things that truly matter, the things that have the impact, the feelings, and let the work I've already done in the details rest beneath it as a foundation, unseen until needed and wanted, because it's art, if i spend a lifetime trying to find the best canvas, mix the right paint and a perfect muse, the idea will die along with me long before i ever bring it into being.

Can anyone tell me in what book they are talking about Don kihot thanks

But what you dont know is I am also left handed

I love how the canonical voices for the actors that explain your points are various squeaks and noises

Super enjoyed this, I have always loved The Princess Bride, but knowing this stories origin makes it that more amazing and magical.

I actually realized This before the video, so its good to hear it been told to me

"... It's just fairer than death..." what a quote!

You killed my father prepare to share my story to the world for I will die

I'll try an stay awake.

The princess bride is my mom's favorite movie of all time, and I remember when she finally read the book a few years back i dont think she even made it halfway through before she discarded it for how much she hated it

The princess bride is my father’s favorite movie. I grew up watching princess movies and loved them but then my father introduced me to that movie. I had become older and wasn’t interested in such a childish title. When I watched it and it captured my imagination. I’ve always enjoyed stories but I refused to read/watch stories that I considered childish. Now as an adult I enjoy reading children’s books that are written in a manner that an adult can enjoy just as much as a child can.

The Princess Bride is probably one of the most formative books that made me want to write.

It is the played out fairy tale fantasy

True love does so win.

My personal belief is that a story must have a happy ending, but if it can't then it must at least have a hopeful one. I suppose that falls in line with what you said about life being unfair, so embrace hope and meaningful moments; fantasy need not be reality, but rather it can be all the parts you love about reality given wings that take them and the reader to Heaven, if only for a short while.

I wrote in the past and it was fun at the time, even though I never finished a story. It's been years since. I've been meaning to say something for a little while now, but I don't know what, or how to express myself. As someone who's analytical, emotional expression and feelings/desires/wants/needs don't come naturally in terms of becoming consciously aware of them. Any tips for the emotionally repressed?

i don't remember if i have read the princess bride, so gaabbing a copy :)

so you're saying I should be writing about a self-righteous war on hell that turns into a rescue mission and then romance bordering on erotica...

This video made me watch the movie , IT WAS BEAUTIFUL

You have a way of saying things that tie in so directly with the things I have been dealing with in my personal life. Thank you, so, so much. The insight you seem to speak of using very familiar stories seems to be speaking directly to me sometimes. Thank you for all of the work you do, and thank you for being able to share with us the good parts!

my Mum read The Princess Bride to my Nan as she passed, but ran out of time and didn't get to tell her the end. she was upset, but I think we lucked into just telling the good parts. the last thing Nan heard was that they got away and true love won, which I think was fair for a women who went through so much pain and suffering in life

1984 I picked up a dragonslayer d and d book dragons of spring dawning. And I was hooked I mean when I was like 5 my mom hated o always wanted to watch Dr who. But the way u explained it I could not put that book down. Which becomes 9 with 6 secrets off it I think in the end idk
I love that u have deffo read probably everything I have read unless I was a forgotten realms freak lol jk haha 😂😂

Dude I nvr reading but it's my favorite movie ffrom the fantasy genre. I will have to read it.but the best is when they r swordfighting tell mewhou are no, I must know,get used to disappointment. And Mandy Patinkins face he's ike meh ok lolololol.and andre rhyming . That's a classic. L I'm e dragonslayer....n krull. 😁😊🌟

It's not coming back from the dead...it was coming back from being mostly dead.

This is so inspiring🥹🥹thank you tale foundry❤only the good parts

As I remember correctly a "second book" was written in true Goldman fashion. It was essentially a first chapter where everything goes wrong in even worse ways than the end of the first book and sets up a rediculously premise for how the story will progress and then just stops.

I have never been a romantic. Just am not. I don't like to hear my own voice thrown back at me. I simply don't.

The worst kind of mirror is only an echo. Diminished, diminishing, and gone. Unfortunately I fear no one seeks to understand that moment.

You are home again... I don't know why you ever thought otherwise. This is where his discontent comes from.

I actually read the book before I saw the movie, and I loved both.

Could we not have noted of massive Florin speakers telling us how Morgenstern's classic was butchered by Goldman. Both works are great in their own right.

Seriously, I was deeply disappointed by the book, the writing of the story is nice, but the rest is the film itself