Columns: Tag – Writing Ideas
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Writing Quips and Tips
Life doesn’t always provide the perfect narrative
We once had a writing student whose narrative just didn’t seem to be working. We suggested she change it for dramatic purposes.
“But I can’t,” she said.
“But why not?” I asked, stressing that we weren’t being prescriptive about how it should be changed, merely that it could work better.
“Because that’s what happened in real life.”
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