Monthly Archives: January 2013
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You are NOT special…you can do better than special
Leave a commentJanuary 31, 2013 by bradcharlesbeals
As I wander the writer/author social-media world, I’m bombarded by messages that I’m wonderful. And I don’t mean personal, direct …
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Value Props & ID Props
Leave a commentJanuary 26, 2013 by bradcharlesbeals
There are only two kinds of language to include in website copy: 1. PROPOSITIONS OF VALUE 2. PROPOSITIONS OF IDENTITY …
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Why Write? because MONEY talks
Leave a commentJanuary 25, 2013 by bradcharlesbeals
In times of doubt, the starving artist may turn to this comforting refrain: I suffer in my art; therefore I …
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Why Write? because DREAMS are stubborn things
Leave a commentJanuary 24, 2013 by bradcharlesbeals
When I was a boy I would dream of the world emptied. Of all humans but me. I never worked …
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Why Write? Because the VOICE in my head said to
1January 22, 2013 by bradcharlesbeals
I’ve begun asking myself this question recently: why do we write? I thought the exercise might make a good post …
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The good sentence is a well-secured load
Leave a commentJanuary 11, 2013 by bradcharlesbeals
A sentence carries its meaning as a truck its load. The good driver secures it carefully. He cuts weight: innocuous …
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Character Envy
Leave a commentJanuary 9, 2013 by bradcharlesbeals
It’s interesting to me that I can invent a character that I admire. I heard myself say recently, “I wish …
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You Are What You Read: A Sedimentary Approach
Leave a commentJanuary 8, 2013 by bradcharlesbeals
Our writing (and all that comprises it) is always moving toward our own internal standard. And the standard itself is …
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“Love hurts,” said Nazareth, and so does writing
1January 4, 2013 by bradcharlesbeals
Writing is one of the hardest crafts in which to improve. We go at it, usually, from a position of …
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God and Pronoun Case Form
Leave a commentJanuary 4, 2013 by bradcharlesbeals
Much of grammar involves putting things into categories. Case forms of pronouns are one group of categories, and I spend …
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