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I alluded a couple days ago to the five elements of story: character, conflict, choice, climax and conclusion—sometimes called introduction, rising action, climax, falling action and resolution, eschewing nifty and easy-to-remember alliteration. Here is something that pleases the OCD in me: Limericks, those saucy, five-line poems with a long and illustrious history in the English [...]
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My friend Alex has been blogging (part 1, part 2) about why he writes. In Part 1, he invites his readers to tell him why we write, and I’ve been thinking about the question since last week. My initial mental response was, Um . . . because it’s there? Like Mt. Everest?, but on the [...]
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[Previous entries in the 423-part "where I am with..." series: church, theology, politics.] I am 33 years old. In April, I will have been married for 8 years to this fascinating guy. We are kid-free, unless you’re one of those people who thinks that pets count (we have two cats and a dog), and we [...]
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