What’s the missing ingredient to the story in which every character sounds like the next? It’s the individual’s language of life and personality. There is a magic in interpersonal communication sometimes ignored by writers. Characters from different backgrounds and life experiences express themselves in unique ways. A naturopath reminded me the other day […]
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Let Me Count The Words
While the Oxford Dictionaries admit it is impossible to make an accurate count, they allow that there are more than a quarter million distinct words in the English language. This doesn’t count the inflections, technical words, and regional vocabulary we use every day. If you add all the variants and forms of words, the slang and dialect […]