Story Is Changing, Are You Ready?

Hey folks. Do you say “folks” where you live? Honestly, even though I live in the south, I don’t really use this word when speaking. But I use it when writing. Because . . . I just do.

What is unique about the written word that separates it from the spoken word? Why aren’t they always the same thing? In my former English teacher days, I’d always have to remind my students that they couldn’t write an essay the way they’d speak it.

A spoken story is way different than a novel, the same way a ...