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Buck had never seen Bruce so earnest, so inspired. As he spoke he referred to his notes, to the reference books, to the Bible. He began to perspire and often wiped sweat from his brow with his pocket handkerchief, which he took time to admit he knew was a faux pas. It seemed to Buck that the congregants, as one, merely chuckled with him as encouragement to keep on. Most were taking notes. Nearly everyone followed along in a Bible, their own or one provided in the pews.
Noah Eigenfeld
Such stilted writing here. Bruce sounds like the best pastor ever, but this narration is so rote that he comes off as disingenuous.
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Noah Eigenfeld
You could teach a class on what NOT to do when writing a scene based on this passage. Every sentence is too passive. Each action has a qualifier to it. Bruce doesn't do something, he *begins* to do so…
The Left Behind Complete Set, Series 1-12
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