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You’ve Been Blessed to be a Blessing
Last week, we looked at some statistics on generosity and I said I believe too many of us are missing out by not giving more. We’re missing out on the joy that comes from living the generous lives we were designed to live. And we’re missing out on the satisfaction that comes from having a financial situation that works well. (Read Living “The Life That is Truly Life”)
In this day and age, it feels
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“Another unnecessary usage is what’s called an expletive construction—look for “there is,” “there are,” “there were”—which can be fixed simply by finding the stronger subject within the existing sentence and giving it a better verb to work with: “There were several new clues in the starlet’s hotel room” could be written as “The starlet’s hotel room offered up several new clues.”
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
“Remember that characters don’t need to rehash information the reader’s already learned, even if one person needs to update another. “The detective told the captain what they’d learned at the slaughterhouse” is as effective as an in-scene recounting of it, up to the point where the captain starts asking questions or offering new information.”
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
“Remember also that people rarely say what they mean, and they often talk over each other without listening.”
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts
― Refuse to Be Done: How to Write and Rewrite a Novel in Three Drafts