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Episode 183 - A key to making our sentences forceful.

Episode 183 - A key to making our sentences forceful.

Update: 2025-09-19
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What do Ernest Hemingway, Cormac McCarthy, and Elmore Leonard have in common?   Powerful stories, yes.  But also lean and forceful sentences.  Here's how they do it.  Also: in our plotting,what's an acceptable coincidence and what's a weak, story-ruining coincidence?

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Episode 183 - A key to making our sentences forceful.

Episode 183 - A key to making our sentences forceful.

James Thayer