6/29/2023 0 Comments Prodigy novelEven if you choose to jump right into the action, somewhere along the way your reader needs to get a crash course on your characters’ or setting’s history.Įxposition can be given in a variety of ways. This is often found towards the beginning of your story. ExpositionĮxposition gives the reader the background info they need to jump right into your story’s world. To keep your reader engaged and interested, your story should include these plot elements: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. However, your story does need several clearly defined plot elements to help you structure your tale’s events and keep the story moving forward. Strong emotions can also drive your story and give your characters plenty to talk about. You don’t need crazy car chases or epic battles to construct an exciting plot. But that doesn’t mean it needs to be full of Michael Bay-type action. The plot lets the reader know what’s happening, describes the problems your characters are trying to solve, and gives the details on how they attempt to solve them.Ī strong, compelling plot is essential to any story. The plot is the events or actions that drive your story - it describes the “what” of your tale.
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(Shortform note: “Right to disclosure” refers to rules like the SEC’s requirement for publicly traded corporations to release pertinent information about their businesses-such as balance sheets, income statements, and statements of cash flows.) Ethical guardrails create openness and trust in social interactions (especially commerce) and are necessary to prevent government corruption, crooked business practices, and other unethical behavior. Ethical GuardrailsĪccording to Sen, ethical guardrails include the “right to disclosure,” or public “right to know,” as well as other components of business and contract law. In their view, these gains justify the government providing education, because the benefits exceed the costs. Following Becker’s lead, many economists also make the case that in addition to individual gains in productivity from better human capital, there are social gains as well. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Daring bravely brene brownShe’s open about how she’s felt fear and how it has held her back at various points in her life, both personally and professionally. She’s spent years examining fear and shame. She explains that when we shut ourselves off from vulnerability, we distance ourselves from the experiences that bring purpose and meaning to our lives.ĭaring greatly is a practice and a powerful new vision for letting ourselves be seen.īrown doesn’t ignore the fear associated with being vulnerable. We are daring greatly.īrown explains how vulnerability is both the core of difficult emotions like fear, grief, and disappointment and the birthplace of love, belonging, joy, empathy, innovation, and creativity. When we show up and allow ourselves to be seen and heard, we are being vulnerable. She asks us to consider that vulnerability is necessary. Daring Greatly is about truth and trust, in our organizations, families, schools, and communities. ? SUPPORT BESTBOOKBITS BY CLICKING THE LINKS BELOWīased on twelve years of research, she argues that vulnerability is not weakness, but rather our clearest path to courage, engagement, and meaningful connection. ? MY FREE BOOK TO LIVING YOUR DREAM LIFE” 6/29/2023 0 Comments Isabel canas the haciendaHer only other options are to return to the capital, where she would have to dine and socialize with the women whose families executed her father. San Isidro is hers, no matter who or what tries to take it from her, and she must prove herself to her mother before her arrival. There’s a clear timeline for Beatriz to solve the haunting. But even his generational knowledge pales in comparison to the wrath of the hacienda. Despite the watchful eye of the church, and memories of the Mexican Inquisition’s torture of people like him, Andrés agrees, invoking the knowledge his grandmother bestowed upon him to save the house he once was familiar with. Her mother will not even return her letters.ĭesperate for help, Beatriz turns to the local church, where she meets Padre Andrés, a witch turned priest, and begs him to help her rid the house of its evil presence. Everyone seems to know about the danger of the home, but no one in the hacienda will help her. Upon her arrival, it quickly becomes apparent that something is deeply wrong with the hacienda – walls fall apart, blood drips down walls, and cold hands lie waiting to push unsuspecting inhabitants down its stairs and into its stucco walls. After her father was murdered and their house burned down, Beatriz marries the wealthy Rodolfo to inherit his estate, and move her mother away from their cruel aunt and uncle. The Hacienda by Isabel Cañas is a gothic horror set in the recent aftermath of the Mexican War of Independence. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Marcus aurelius stoicism bookThe fear of power and the duty embedded in him through his interest in Stoicism, a philosophy that grounds itself on self-restraint, reason, and fate. Sharing his seat of power with his adopted brother is the one move that summarizes Marcus Aurelius’s entire life. Marcus Aurelius rejected luxury and comfort. He did not want or consent to Plato’s Republic, but he put his duties, his loved ones, and his country before his own interests. He wrote to remind himself to lead by example, that he is the master of himself, that emotions cannot puppeteer him, and that pleasures cannot warp his logic and his will to do good.Īurelius ruled the Roman Empire near its greatest extent with the virtues of fundamental stoicism. The words inscribed in Meditations are the product of his own thoughts and his own experiences. His book “ Meditations” is a reflection of his life. He took the title of Augustus after the death of his adopted father, Antoninus Pius. More about Marcus Aurelius here: He was the last of The Five Good Emperors of Ancient Rome. The video succinctly explains what I thought were 10 great lessons from the book. Meditations, Marcus Aurelius Meditations is a series of personal writings by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor from AD 161 to 180, recording his private notes to himself and ideas on Stoic philosophy. However, instead of writing a 1000-word-article around the legendary Roman emperor’s book, I have rather created a small 1-minuter. I recently read Marcus Aurelius’ “Meditations” and wanted to write something about it. I am trying something new through this post. 6/29/2023 0 Comments Blue highway by diane tullsonOnce again Diane Tullson demonstrates a keen awareness of what drives ordinary teenagers in trouble - their loyalties, their petty jealousies and that aching sense of isolation that makes them withdraw from the world. One day she'll be able to stop but will that day come too late?Ī gripping story - by the author of the critically acclaimed Edge, Blue Highway explores teen alcoholism in a way that is neither didactic nor judgmental. And as the summer progresses, Truth watches herself gradually lose control in a series of self-destructive acts. Truth's reckless behavior does catch his attention, but not in a good way. And she wants Ryan, the seriously handsome guy who works at the pizza oven. Truth doesn't know why, but she can't seem to get what she really wants. Includes bio and book info for Red Sea, Lockdown, Sea Change, Riley Park, Zero, Edge, and The Darwin Expedition. Cars mean freedom - freedom to go where they want and do what they please. Official site of Diane Tullson, author of books for young adults. But the two really only have eyes for Vale's car, which she will get as soon as she passes her driving exam. They befriend Vale, a co-worker who is grateful for their attention. They love to drive cars, they love to party, and they booze it up whenever they can.Īnd when the two girls find summer jobs at the local pizza shop, they see no reason to change their habits. Truth and Skye are just like all their high-school friends. A thought-provoking novel from a major voice in young adult fiction 6/29/2023 0 Comments Possession a romance by as byatt‘Cracking’ the image of the egg takes form in two distinct ways in the novel. This image is a metaphor for a state of liminality between the stage of being birthed or alive and the precursory phase, being not yet born but isolated and protected. A recurrent image that Byatt uses in the text is that of an egg, an object connected to ideas of new life and birth. The basis of the novel is the journey of two twentieth-century academics, Maud Bailey and Roland Michell, in their endeavor to piece together the lives of two nineteenth-century poets, Christabel LaMotte and Randolph Henry Ash. Byatt’s novel Possession: A Romance is a tapestry woven with threads of imagery and complex language which provide the audience with a dense and highly metaphorical read. OL19999000W Page_number_confidence 90.94 Pages 278 Partner Innodata Pdf_module_version 0.0.19 Ppi 360 Rcs_key 24143 Republisher_date 20220929113814 Republisher_operator Republisher_time 342 Scandate 20220924040333 Scanner Scanningcenter cebu Scribe3_search_catalog isbn Scribe3_search_id 9781771483025 Tts_version 5. Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 07:01:11 Autocrop_version 0.0.14_books-20220331-0.2 Bookplateleaf 0002 Boxid IA40716006 Camera USB PTP Class Camera Collection_set printdisabled External-identifier One of my favourite stories about children in Gifts for the One Who Comes After is Supply Limited, Act Now because its about the dawning realization children. Time feels slippery, and I wondered if she wasn’t pregnant at all, just hallucinating in the complete dark. What readers quickly realize is that Sally Ann is newly pregnant, though it seems as if she’s very pregnant in quick order. Is Michael simply a safety-first man? Was the door always open? Because it being open did not signal to him someone had gone down! Just as she sees the light to get out, she hears Michael close and lock the door, claiming no future child of his will get lost down there. In complete darkness, she is quickly lost in the seemingly unending caves and tunnels. She’s heard it used to be a hiding place for slaves, and down she goes. Playing a bit of a game one day, she sneaks around the field while he’s working to investigate an odd door that leads into the ground. Sally Ann is a teen newlywed blushing with her physical attraction to her husband, a young farmer named Michael. The first, “When Darkness Loves Us,” is a longer short story. Published in 1985, Engstrom’s book includes two tales of horror. 6/28/2023 0 Comments A lab of one's own patricia faraSuffrage was extended to all British women over 21 in 1928.) In A Lab of One's Own: Science and Suffrage in the First World War, historian Patricia Fara explores the connections between science and suffrage in the United Kingdom during the early 20th century and tells the stories of women who worked infields as diverse as geology and medical research during the war. (The Representation of the People Act 1918 granted voting rights to all men, as well as to women over 30 who met minimum property requirements. British women gained the vote, with some restrictions, in 1918. Women in the United States, for example, attained suffrage in 1920. Perhaps even less familiar is the relationship between these contributions and the passage of women's suffrage laws soon after the war's end. Less commonly understood are the crucial contributions made by women who stepped into positions traditionally held by men-including scientific and engineering roles-during the First World War. The prominent role of women in the workforce during the Second World War is widely known and celebrated. |