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Tag Archives: Shannon Winslow
Show and Tell
I’m teaching a class this weekend at a small writers’ conference. The topic of my little one-hour workshop is “Show, Don’t Tell.” I doubt Jane Austen ever worried about it, but most modern writers have heard this criticism enough to hate the … Continue reading
Celebrating!
She was looked at however, and with some admiration; for, in her own hearing, two gentlemen pronounced her to be a pretty girl. Such words had their due effect; she immediately thought the evening pleasanter than she had found it … Continue reading
Make Haste!
John Thorpe was soon with them, and his voice was with them yet sooner, for on the stairs he was calling out to Miss Morland to be quick. “Make haste! Make haste!” as he threw open the door – “Put … Continue reading
Flight of Fancy?
“But now suppose as much as you chuse; give a loose to your fancy, indulge your imagination in every possible flight which the subject will afford …” (Pride and Prejudice, chapter 60) I’ve taken Lizzy’s advice and indulged my imagination … Continue reading
Mr. Collins’s Demise
Mrs. Bennet was really in a most pitiable state. … The sight of Miss Lucas was odious to her. As her successor in that house, she regarded her with jealous abhorrence. Whenever Charlotte came to see them, she concluded her to … Continue reading
Truth Hurts!
“This is not pleasant to you, Emma – and it is very far from pleasant to me, but I must, I will, – I will tell you truths while I can, satisfied with proving myself your friend by very faithful … Continue reading
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Care to Take a Turn?
“I do not wish to avoid the walk. The distance is nothing when one has a motive; only three miles. I shall be back by dinner.” (Pride and Prejudice, chapter 7) With blizzards about to bury the mid-west in a … Continue reading
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The Stories of Christmas
> “This is quite the season indeed for friendly meetings. At Christmas everybody invites their friends about them, and people think little of even the worst weather. I was snowed up at a friend’s house once for a week. Nothing … Continue reading
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Call to Adventure
No one who had ever seen Catherine Morland in her infancy would have supposed her born to be a heroine. Her situation in life, the character of her father and mother, her own person and disposition, were all equally against … Continue reading
Any Other Place
“Such a fortnight as it has been!” he continued; “every day more precious and delightful than the day before! – every day making me less fit to bear any other place. Happy those, who can remain at Highbury!” (Frank Churchill, … Continue reading
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