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By: A Post on Writing from Donald Miller’s Blog « tevisbluff

A Post on Writing from Donald Miller’s Blog « tevisbluff — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 22:31:54 +0000

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Actions : James Shelley — Fri, 22 Apr 2011 12:06:59 +0000

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By: Nancy

Nancy — Thu, 31 Mar 2011 20:08:15 +0000

This is true. The “cold as a meat locker” way of descriptive writing isvery naive in my opinion, though sometimes it can be used in comical settings, where corny writing is intended, but definitely not if the paper or story is meant to be serious.