Posts Tagged ‘conflict’
In Favor of Anger
Cathy and I were on our way home from the grocery store yesterday, when we noticed a man who lives in our neighborhood on his motorcycle. He was obviously having trouble with the bike. It was sputtering and stalling, and he was delaying the traffic behind him. We were at a red light, waiting to…
Read MoreStories That Matter
I’m going to be presenting a session at the Erma Bombeck Writers’ Workshop on Friday, a session called “Writing Stories That Matter.” In preparation for that event, I had to think about exactly what I mean by stories that matter. William Faulkner, in his 1950 Nobel Prize acceptance speech, said, “. . .the young man…
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