Jan,
Thanks for the punctuation corrections. I still have so much to learn and really appreciate these lessons. Yes, it is the true story, my personal testimony from October 22,1967. I'll look at your suggestions again tomorrow.
Thanks,
Pam
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- Mon Mar 01, 2010 10:56 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #3
- Replies: 54
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- Mon Mar 01, 2010 9:32 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #3
- Replies: 54
- Views: 72885
My sweetheart tried to persuade me to make a personal commitment to Jesus as Lord and Savior. I resisted his efforts. I believed in God; I prayed. His attitude offended me. We started attending church; and I even tried to read the Bible. Talking on the phone one Saturday night, Norm said, “I’ll pick...
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:57 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #2
- Replies: 52
- Views: 107309
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 10:39 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #2
- Replies: 52
- Views: 107309
Oops! Got me with the Susan. I guess I'd be more likely to tag the speakers when more characters are involved in the conversation. I forgot to ask my question. I'm never sure if I should use italics or quotes when a person is in silent prayer. I mean he is not thinking to himself. He is praying to G...
- Mon Feb 22, 2010 9:28 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #2
- Replies: 52
- Views: 107309
Sunrise arrived as an uninvited guest. Last nights announcement tormented me as I drenched my pillow with tears. My son received military orders to Iraq. Months of uncertainty were over. The squeak of his bedroom door drew me from my hiding place. “Morning Mom, how about I make some of my famous fla...
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 8:39 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Highest Rankings for OHHH...
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13667
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 1:02 pm
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for Ohhhh!
- Replies: 32
- Views: 30953
- Thu Feb 18, 2010 11:06 am
- Forum: Results and Highest Rankings
- Topic: Winning Entries for Ohhhh!
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- Views: 30953
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 11:40 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #1
- Replies: 103
- Views: 181777
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 7:19 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #1
- Replies: 103
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One more try.... Jocelyn yelled in her mother’s face. “I’m not your little baby girl! I guess you think I should go see a Disney movie! Give me one good reason I can’t go! Spring Break Axe Murderer might be gross, but big deal. It’s not real!” “I don’t care. I said you aren’t going.” “Why, why won’t...
- Wed Feb 17, 2010 9:37 am
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #1
- Replies: 103
- Views: 181777
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 10:43 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #1
- Replies: 103
- Views: 181777
Tina tuned Jocelyn out. Her thoughts put her on the defensive. I’m not a kill joy. I read the latest parenting articles in an effort to keep up to date with the teens of today. Surely things could not have changed that much since I grew up in the 1980’s. Keeping peace with her is not easy. She is no...
- Tue Feb 16, 2010 2:06 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Dialog #1
- Replies: 103
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Like most young girls, Jocelyn felt like her mother must be clueless to her generation. In a heated disagreement about her choice of a night time movie, she defiantly stood her ground. “How can you be so mean to me? All the other parents are letting their kids go! I’ll just die if Ashley and Tiffani...
- Mon Feb 08, 2010 1:26 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #4: Overusing Exclamation Points
- Replies: 62
- Views: 78400
The East Coast is shoveling out after a three foot snow fall! Airports are deserted. Government offices remain closed; and children celebrate the announcement of another day out of school. Highway departments are simply not equipped to deal with rapid snow accumulations of two- three inches per hour...
- Mon Feb 01, 2010 3:12 pm
- Forum: Jan's Writing Basics
- Topic: Jan's Writing Basics #3: Choosing a Tense and Sticking to It
- Replies: 81
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The President eyed bills proposed by Congress, stacked on his Oval Room desk. He planned to sift through them the night before; but a terrorist threat weighed heavy on his mind. His private secretary warned him many times about the danger of delays. The President anxiously eyes a stack of bills from...