Back when the English language had a limited vocabulary, Shakespeare is thought to have created thousands of words. After Robert Heinlein created grok as a Martian word in his novel…
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Tom already had two pressing deadlines. The odds weren’t good for finishing them before he was sent a book manuscript to edit. He felt like a sailboat moving into a…
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An exquisite novel isn’t the only masterpiece that takes countless hours to build. In 2011 a Japanese advertising agency wanted a giant wooden xylophone built in the Kyushu forest to…
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Do you consider yourself a fast or slow thinker? Actually, unless we’ve suffered a brain injury, everybody’s mental processing rate is about the same. Conscious reasoning takes place at forty…
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Suzanne had to decide what perspective she would use in telling her story. She could be the reporter, exercising a God-like position by telling what happened. She began to write:…
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Mom paused to admire the photos placed neatly in her scrapbook. Each one brought back memories and told an important story. Johnny on his bike—he had learned it was okay…
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Suzanne wanted others to share her victory, but she couldn’t find the right words. Other writers seemed always to say it much better. Thinking she was doing her audience a…
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In 2003, the book Blind Sight. by James Pence, was published by Tyndale. Although it was well-written, with great characters and a wonderful plot, sales were less than spectacular. For…
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Tom had season tickets to the TCU home football games, but he didn’t always go. This week, Bill, his coworker in the next cubicle, invited him to see a movie…
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Johnny ran outside, looked at the petunias, then went into the kitchen. Outside again, he played with Spot for a minute, then went for a cookie. When the screen door…
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