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Posted in Writing 27 January 2011 21:13
“There was a man” is a profoundly different sentence than “There was an old man,” which is profoundly different than “There was, back when we lived in the blue house, a man down the street from us, down toward Graves Avenue.” And that last one is different than “There was in those days an elder
Continue reading Four Sentences
Posted in Writing 10 September 2009 17:01
I’ve said this before, and now I’m going to say it again.
Maybe not so nicely this time.
When your friend approaches you with a manuscript, hot off the printer and dripping ink, and your friend says to you “Hey, you! (says your friend to you) Tell me what you think of the choices I’ve (that
Continue reading Online Feedback: Part II
Posted in Writing 29 January 2009 08:09
So you want me to believe that Johnny killed Jimmy so that he could have Jenny, free and uncontested, but you also need Jimmy to be alive at some point in time when it will most surprise Johnny (and Jenny, who are both quite flagrantly delicto at the time). If you tell me that Johnny
Continue reading Character Truth Versus Narrative Truth
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All she wants is to hide her scarred face. All he wants is to take the perfect portrait.
Who are you, that you should forget the Lord your maker, who has stretched forth the heavens, and laid the foundations of the Earth?
Doesn't the sun always come up again?
You cannot be yourself until you know who you are.

Fear is a powerful enemy. But it’s a powerful ally, too.

Sometimes, life just isn’t like a storybook.
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