How do you climb a mountain? One step at a time. That’s an old saying that many of us have heard from time to time. We might ask ourselves why…
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One of the weakest ways to begin a sentence is with “it.” We use it all the time. It means this. It means that. Or it might be anybody’s guess.…
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You may have heard the saying: “Truth is stranger than fiction.” People sometimes will more readily accept a lie over the truth. How does that happen? Because the lie seems…
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You might be amazed to hear that many writers don’t feel like they have time to read. This is like the baker who doesn’t have time to buy flour. At…
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Point of View When we refer to “point of view,” we’re talking about the perspective from which the story is told. Unlike what was common in classic literature, readers no…
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It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of belief,…
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Some people are offended when pronouns for God aren’t capitalized, but for unbelievers, seekers, and new Christians, capitalization can make the reading more difficult. Many churchgoers grew up under a…
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Merriam-Webster calls Writer’s Block “a psychological inhibition preventing a writer from proceeding with a piece.” While that definition is accurate, we might expand our insight into what is really happening…
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Great stories present a problem in which readers eagerly follow the character’s emotional journey to find out what happens. The problem and solution are the bookends for the pages in…
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