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| H is for HERO |
Each
post for the A to Z Challenge is the challenge I set for myself.
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| A reckless hero is no hero. Only after weighing up the problem, and recognising how impossible the situation is, does the real hero act. |
H is for Hero because every MC must be a unique
collection of human, quirky, flawed and, above all, likeable traits.
HAL LONGLEAT AND THE TROUBLE WITH TRUTH
When the knight, de Moreville, prepared
to take his second shot, there was surge of spectators. Men-at-arms with
clanking armour and the staff from the kitchens, everyone who’d finished their
jobs, rushed to watch the drama unfold. The crusader knight glanced around, and
he gripped at his chain mail vest, just above his heart, as if the movement of
the crowd had startled him.
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!
• hale and
hearty
• hanged
for a sheep as a lamb, we might as well be
• heaping
ridicule
• hell or
high water
• high and
dry
• hit the
nail on the head
• hold
your horses
• hope
against hope
• howling
gale
• how long
is a piece of string?
FOR H, I CHOSE THE HERO. WHAT IS THE SUBJECT OF YOUR H POST?
