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The perilous power of proclamations.

January 30, 2018 By Redundant-Redundant Leave a Comment

Advice from Papa

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

—Ernest Hemingway
American author and journalist

There is a perilous power to proclamations that one should be wary of. When the proclamation is quoted, it takes on an air of authenticity. The reader often accepts the quote as wisdom, without questioning it.

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WRONG

January 30, 2018 By Redundant-Redundant Leave a Comment

The assignment was at once simple and terrifying. Write a story.

“What type of story?” the boy asked.

“Any,” said the teacher.

“What do I write about?” he pondered out loud.

“Whatever you would like,” she responded.

With that, the barriers to creativity were shattered.

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