I am in the middle of writing the best article ever. At least it was two days ago when I last looked at it. Opening it again this morning, I wondered who had gotten their hands on it. Who stretched the sentences out so long they took up whole paragraphs? Who came up with that cheesy metaphor?
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Today in Nova Scotia my dad Russ is being awarded with a Queen’s Jubilee Medal to recognize his years of volunteerism.
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In Dietrich Bonhoeffer: Pastor, Martyr, Prophet, Spy, Eric Metaxas uses the term “lickety-split” to describe the speed at which Hitler announced his choice for a replacement in a key army post. I love it.
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Wrestling does not interest me in the least. I never watch it, unless it’s happening in my family room in which case the wrestlers get kicked out into the backyard. But I have read about wrestling, simply because the writing was so crisp, engaging and entertaining.
How to do an article autopsy Read More »
When I first began to write, I wondered how to come up with story ideas. My friend and fellow writer Sue Careless patiently explained that story ideas were “everywhere!” If you walk by a store window and look at the merchandise, she said, there is a story not just about what is for sale, but about who created the display and how they did it.
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