This type of argument is effective for polarizing topics, as it acknowledges both sides and presents the middle ground. 3. Toulmin. Present your claim, present grounds to back up that claim, and then justify that the grounds are linked to the claim. This type of argument is also effective...
And it's a human need to be told stories. The more we're governed by idiots and have no control over our destinies, the more we need to tell stories to each other about who we are, why we are, where we come from, and what might be possible. — Alan Rickman 88 There is a batt...
At least, that's my theory. Honestly, I don't know the right answer this. I'm going to think about it more as I write the book and hopefully have something more insightful to say by the end! 'In Good Faith'... that's a weird title!
There is no longer any such thing as fiction or nonfiction; there's only narrative. —E. L. Doctorow 6 You write your life story by the choices you make. —Helen Mirren 47 The most difficult lie I have ever contended with is this: life is a story about me. —Donald Miller 23 Writ...
George Sapio has written what is probably the best, most definitive book on the how and the why to workshop a new play. While writing may be a solitary exercise, once words are on a page they need to be seen, read, or heard. This is especially true for playwrights who write very sp...
And I’ve learned so much about writing non-fiction from writing my novels, is how to have hooks and cliffhangers in a nonfiction book to make people keep reading. Because I don’t know about you, Bex, but I collect books, not expensive books, I just love buying them. And the majori...
Years ago I heard an engineer being interviewed on a podcast about urbanism, castigating his fellow planners and engineers for supporting an approach to urbanism that was dishonest and financially ruinous. This engineer, Chuck Marohn, had recently starteda blogto write about his concerns with his ...
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