"Good prose almost always requires both showing and telling, scenes and summary, the two basic components of creative prose."

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Source : Laurie Alberts (2010). “Showing & Telling: Learn How to Show & When to Tell for Powerful & Balanced Writing”, p.1, F+W Media, Inc.

Laurie Alberts

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“And one thing that I always believed and that I knew for certain was that I could never have sustained a personal relationship while I worked this hard, or while I was that driven this intensely by the story.”
“We (the ANC government) have no plans to introduce the wholesale administration of these drugs in the public sector. ARVs are not a cure for Aids.”
“When you canâ€™t change the direction of the wind â€” adjust your sails”
“Let cheerfulness on happy fortune wait.”
“Itâ€™s not about you. The purpose of your life is far greater than your own personal fulfillment, your peace of mind, or even your happiness. Itâ€™s far greater than your family, your career, or even your wildest dreams and ambitions. If you want to know why you were placed on this planet, you must begin with God. You were born by his purpose and for his purpose.”
“The common impulse is not to sustain a marriage by finding satisfaction elsewhere, but to end the marriage and set up a new one which will provide the comfort lacking in the first.”

Source : Elizabeth Janeway (1971). “Man's World Woman's Place”
“The moment when you are most repelled by a child's behavior, that is your warning light to draw the very closest to that child.”
“Once it's established that we are a team, I can demand of you and expect you to demand of me. Life without pain is an addiction and the fantasy of perpetual happiness is like the "delusion of fusion."”

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