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Wed, Aug 18 2010

Five things toward the preamble of a tale

Things I wrote in longhand today:

Types of coffee beans on bags
A grocery list entry for powdered sugar
A note to find a paper someone wrote on family history
A reminder to read the 8th chapter of Romans
The correct spelling of the town of Nappanee, Indiana

These things, taken together, would make a great preamble for a story, wouldn't they? All I need are the characters that will inhabit a world where all these items have relevance. Writers, I hope you have your own set of things like this, again and again.

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