Emotions are the key to connecting the reader with your story. Ask yourself why the character feels this way. Then expand all description you already have. To go deeper, ask yourself how does your character FEEL about what just happened? Now go back and remove all words that convey emotion by telling (like
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Place one or two pork tenderloins (most grocery stores sell these BOGO every 6 weeks or so) in a ziploc baggie in the evening. Add: 1/4 cup olive oil 2 tablespoons soy sauce 2 tablespoons brown sugar Squish it all together and put in refrigerator for 24 hours or 48 hours. Grill and enjoy! (Thanks
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How do you immerse the reader into your scene? Make them feel they are there with the character? By adding the right amount of descriptions, emotions, and inner thoughts to your already solid scene. Edit your scene. Highlight all descriptive phrases and sentences in a color. Highlight all emotions in another color. Inner thoughts get
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4 chicken breasts (frozen or thawed) Can of corn, undrained Can of black beans, undrained Jar of salsa Block of cream cheese Small can of green chilies (optional) Tortilla chips In crockpot, place chicken, corn, beans, and salsa. Cook on low 4 to 6 hours. Shred chicken. Add pieces of the cream cheese, stir until
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Moving is a hassle in many ways. It is expensive and disruptive. We’re moved locally twice and were able to have positive experiences by breaking the move into two parts. Check out my prior post on how to label and organize boxes for your move. That post may help you as well. Plan on having
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The first thing you need to do is get thick blue painters tape, thick green tape (there is a tape called Frog’s tape at hardware stores), and sheets with the small colored dots on them. As you pack boxes, designate a colored dot for each new room as well as the garage or storage areas.
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I hope you enjoyed my post from yesterday, preparing you home for sale~part one. If you haven’t powerwashed your home in over a year, schedule someone to come and powerwash. Does your driveway look fresh? If not, have it powerwashed as well. Don’t overlook this. It’ll cost under $200 and will be well worth it.
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If you have the luxury of timing the sale of your home, then you have the upper hand in selling. You can do many things to help your home sell quickly without languishing. The top two are staging your home and pricing it right within your current market. Go through your home, inside and
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Ingredients 1 lb frozen bread dough 2 cups of pasta sauce (a sweet canned sauce like Ragu Robusto! Parmesan and Romano works well) 1/4 cup olive oil 1/2 cup grated Parmesan cheese (use a good Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese — you’ll be glad you did!) Thaw bread dough and allow it to rise. Punch it down and
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Sunday, Stephen Davey preached on Titus 1:1-3. This is the third week in a row at my church that he went over this passage, but for good reason. In that passage, he noted a number of topics. The one I wanted to share with you is on Godliness. Stephen noted that, in passion, your life
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