“Daily life is always extraordinary when rendered precisely.” Bonnie Friedman
Writing to Change the World “Swimming Along – The Writing Process” by Mary Pipher
“Precision with details involves the selection and leveraging of images to create intensity and meaning.”(119)
“We are experience-seeking, story-seeking organisms. Stories make people laugh or weep because they engage the sensory and emotional systems of our bodies.” (121)
Provided by one of my students: "By the end of the fight, George's left eye was swollen closed , his right eye puffed up, and there were cuts under both eyes." Fearless by Richard Brignall
Continue “A Christmas Memory” by Truman Capote