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The Hard Knocks of Hope
August 13th, 2012 by Sarah Jackson
TweetOne morning last spring I was awakened by a voice declaring, “They’ve bought the lie that their lives are about them.” I’m not sure if a bizarre dream precipitated this declaration, and I don’t know who “they” were, but I know I was one of them. That voice was talking to me. As the words [...]
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Dust off your language
July 30th, 2012 by Dale Fincher
TweetCramped and stale definitions are the function of neglect. Words are tossed into a closet where they slip deeper and deeper until the colors start to fade and the fabric starts to unravel. When these words stay there, left alone and lost, we forget the significance and vibrancy they once carried and are intended to [...]
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Three-dimensional language
July 23rd, 2012 by Dale Fincher
TweetMany writers and editors work ruthlessly to eliminate cliches from their vocabulary. Why avoid cliches? What’s the danger? This line from Luci Shaw in The Crime of Living Cautiously highlights how cliches are lazy words that steal potency and personality from a story. “My hope and effort as a writer is to achieve a three-dimensional [...]
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