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Stan Williams is a writer and filmmaker, based in Michigan with occasional forays to Los Angeles and Europe. He is known in the film industry as a story & screenplay consultant and workshop leader due to his book: The Moral Premise: Harnessing Virtue and Vice for Box Office Success that Will Smith calls: “The most powerful tool in my new tool box.” The Wizard Clip story came to him from an ex-pat Filipino and emigrant to Australia who thought the Wizard Clip would make a good movie. Stan agreed, but figured he better write the book first. In their free time, Stan and his wife, Pam, enjoy sailing on the Great Lakes aboard their 41’ ketch, Family Ties. Stan and Pam have three children, and ten grandchildren. Stan holds degrees in Physics (BA) ...more

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	The Moral Premise: Harnessing Virtue & Vice for Box Office Success 4.15 avg rating — 205 ratings — published 2006 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Wizard Clip Haunting: A True Early American Ghost Story 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Basic Christianity: Reasons for the Faith by Stanley D. Walters, Johnny Hart (Illustrator), Stanley D. Williams (Goodreads Author) (Editor) it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Catholic Sunday School: Growing Together in Christ by Stanley D. Williams (Goodreads Author), Pamela S. Williams 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Mystery of the Wizard Clip Demon: A Screenplay Based on Historical Documents 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	If You Wish for Peace...PARABELLUM: An Original Screenplay by Nikita Mungarwadi, Stanley D. Williams (Goodreads Author) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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ChatGPT's vs Grok's answer to: "What is The Moral Premise?"

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"What is The Moral Premise?"

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The Moral Premise is a storytelling concept that describes the core ethical idea your story is testing—the belief about how people should act and what happens when they do or don’t.

Put simply:

The Moral Premise states that certain behavior leads to certain consequences.

It’s not the plot, not the theme, and not the

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Abandoned: The Untold Story of the Abortion Wars

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Stanley Williams said: " An unflinching memoir by a Catholic Pro-Life activist with a B.A. degree in theater and a Ph.D. in theology. The book is at once a dramatic retelling of the early part of her life and a theological treatise on level with many of the writings of the s ...more "

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Airborne at the End of the Earth: God's Word is reaching the most isolated people on the planet. He's using airplanes to do it.

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Stanley Williams said: " I've grown up with missionary stories, but this one is different. It is told from the perspective of a missionary pilot landing, taking off, and flying above the harrowing jungles of Papua. I knew something of the landscape before reading this after ...more "

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