When should “backdoor,” “backseat,” or “rearview” be one word, and when should it be two? Instead of rules, let’s look at the principle. Understand that, and you’ll have a good…
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The tool used to clear food stuck between teeth has other uses, but to build magnificent building models requires talent. How are they built? Stan Munro does it one toothpick…
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Seminars are taught on “point of view,” the perspective from which a story is told. Because readers today want to identify with the main character in a scene, we should…
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Because we no longer have typewriters, schools now teach “keyboarding.” Use of a typewriter with its keystroke and carriage returns is becoming a decreasingly less familiar sound. How nice it…
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News is boring. We’ll never keep readers awake by just telling what happened. Someone we don’t know was in a car accident. Not a big deal, because we read about…
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Riding a bicycle isn’t always easy, which becomes obvious when we watch Danny MacAskill’s amazing tricks on a mountain bike. The easy part is riding the train. Watch until the…
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A writer’s favorite set of descriptions quickly become overused, becoming cliché. We must challenge ourselves to dig deeply into a character’s emotion and visualize the actions that would make perfect…
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Some think the Unites States is not a Christian nation. Some protest what this nation stands for, refusing to pledge their allegiance or sing our national anthem. Some would like…
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I’ve missed more than 9,000 shots in my career. I’ve lost almost 300 games. 26 times, I’ve been trusted to take the game-winning shot and missed. I’ve failed over and…
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The Pipe Guy’s creative arrangement of pipes is known in Australia as a “Thong-a-fone.” That’s right, those deep notes are created with a slap of what we now call flip-flops. He…
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