Each
post for the A to Z Challenge is the challenge I set for myself.
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| If a small notebook was good enough for Leonardo da Vinci... ;) |
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| J is for JOURNAL |
J Jot it down in a Journal. Life has a terrible way of
being important when you’re hoping to pay the bills but ideas are lost if you
don’t jot them down.
HAL LONGLEAT AND THE TROUBLE WITH TRUTH
Hal lingered by the stable. He wondered
if his stay in the castle was going to end. No one had noticed the day the
Master of the Horse brought him in. It seemed everyone was going to notice him
now, whether he stayed or left.
Could YOU have been gifted with the ability to identify
and eliminate weak and brittle phrases from your work? To the uninitiated,
these interlopers look like quality imagery.
CLICHÉ RAIDERS: REWRITE!
• jack of
all trades (but master of none)
• jaundiced
eye
• jewel in
the crown
• Johnny-come-lately
• jockey
for position
• jump on
the bandwagon
• jump the
gun
• just
deserts
• just for
the record
• just
what the doctor ordered
FOR J, I CHOSE JOTTING and JOURNAL. WHAT IS THE SUBJECT
OF YOUR J POST?
