As writers, as writing coaches, as word-lovers and word-crafters, writing truths like Character is plot or Keep it in the active voice are a regular part of our conversation — and not just when we’re working.
One of us will be creating a tablescape and will want to pack it all in, pale-pink roses and hot-yellow daffodils and every vase we own, but then we’ll hit pause, because Less is more.
Or a child comes home from school upset about class politics and we sigh and figure someone else will phone the teacher, and then remember that taking an active stance over a passive one is almost always the way to go.
When the axioms are there in your work, when you know them in your sleep and use them every day, they come to haunt you and to help you in life. Here’s how:
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