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Shann, I don't think the "twist" ending really works for an allegory. It seems to me that one of the things that makes an allegory effective is the connection that the reader makes between the characters or events and what they represent. And that should occur throughout the story, not ju...

I have several that were meant to be allegories but flopped profoundly. This one was meant to show that some people even while in the presence of Jesus himself may not "get" it, but as you can tell by the comments that the readers didn't get it either. Even though we may call ourselves Chr...

Lillian, I only took out the words more and the quotation marks to make it easier for my brain to process. Sometimes if I take away the extras it's easier for me to see. I didn't mean to say the more was wrong, just that by taking it out it's easier to see there are two choices: appropriate or wrong...

Is there an instance that I haven't thought of where you think using 'by' is more appropriate? I'm not sure if the following example is "more appropriate," ( is that comma in the right place?) or just wrong. :D Lillian Your comma was in the right place. In the US, commas go inside quotati...

Aww man, I missed that second as. I had started two sentences with As and switched it to When, but missed that one. You're right that it's too much. Once on a challenge, someone told me that almost every paragraph began with a name or pronoun. I remember thinking he was exaggerating, but when I went...

I didn't read the other posts before I posted. My heart hurts at your doubt, yet I can so relate. I have zero self-esteem and it is hard to put myself out there. I know many people appreciate this. When I first started, you commented on my challenge entry and invited me to the thread. I've tried doi...

I think I cut too much. The first try was 75 words, then 85, then 98. I did get it to 100, but wanted to change who crowded to crowding but that would take me to 99. Oops, I forgot an and so changed to crowding. When I first started doing the challenge I usually had to cut 1,000 words. I've learned ...

I have to tell you what I've learned this past week or so. When I read your definitions of anxious and eager, I nodded in agreement and felt confident that I knew the definitions and used them properly. But I can't tell you how many times I've started to write anxious and stopped and rethought it an...

From everything I've been told, Lillian, the judges do not consider the title. I believe Deb once said something like a person could have a great title, but the rest of the story is not as great so they don't weigh in on the title. I'm glad because I'm the opposite of you. I hardly ever read titles....

No you didn't step on my toes at all. I just didn't want people to think I said he had a weak opening. I didn't think that at all and wanted to make sure people, especially Graham, didn't think that was what I was saying. I respect him and believe he is quite talented. I did not see anything I disag...

I want to clarify. By no means did I think that the opening was weak. I thought it was quite good. I just would not have given it a 5. I think opening with an active line is more of an attention grabber than a passive one. I also questioned the string of adjectives made it less appealing to me. It's...

I think this list is great. I have present tense of lie and lay, but need to look up any other tense to double check. I remember lie is what a person does because it has I in it. I lie down. Of course The dogs lie down is correct and the I trick doesn't work, but the I reminds me which one to use, t...

First, let me say what a brilliant idea this is! Thank you Graham for being willing to share this with the rest of us. I've always enjoyed your writing and don't think you've ever written anything that I read that didn't touch me. It shows your obedience to the Holy Spirit, and though you don't know...

http://i409.photobucket.com/albums/pp179/aladino2008/b6d17916.gif Jan, I hope this doesn't qualify as a dumb question. :-) Lillian You do know that there aren't ever any dumb questions, right Lillian? Even if every person in the world understands it but you, that doesn't make it dumb. Only when you...

I just posted this on FB and then realized it would be a perfect fit for Jan's assignment. Oh, the horror! I was just writing a quick email when the spell-check corrected a lot to alot! What on earth is happening? Do the people who program these things have any idea about grammar? Oh, I must give up...