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And yet, words are the passkeys to our souls. Without them, we can’t really share the enormity of our lives. ~Diane Ackerman
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“Between where you are now and where you’d like to be there’s a sort of barrier, or a chasm, and sometimes it’s a good idea to imagine that you’re already at the other side of that chasm, so that you can start on the unknown side.” ~ David Bohm
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Consider weaving meaningful objects or possessions throughout your story. Then make certain these objects are repeated or reappear. In Markus Zusak’s The Book Thief there are books, the alphabet etched on the cellar walls, and the beautiful accordion. The books and alphabet represent a whole world that opens up to Liesel when she learns to […]
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“I was learning a lot of times what people said was not at all what they meant….It was hard to learn all the languages spoken in our house. There was the loose limber American language that we all spoke, and then there was the riverine sinuous Irish language that the old people spoke when they […]
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“It all matters. That someone turns out the lamp, picks up the windblown wrapper, says hello to the invalid, pays at the unattended lot, listens to the repeated tale, folds the abandoned laundry, plays the game fairly, tells the story honestly, acknowledges help, gives credit, says good night, resists temptation, wipes the counter, waits at […]
Read the rest of this entry »“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” ~ Jack Kerouac
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