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Joan Bannan

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The Creative Way, A Course in Transformational Fiction - Ted Dekker

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“Great stories don’t require profanity”

It’s hard to do, but it’s a priority for me to write stories without content and language that I don’t want to replay in my head.

Many of us who prefer not to hear profanity are surrounded by it. Some of us love to read, but hesitate to escape into the stress-relieving, lifelong enjoyment of books, knowing that the writing may paint pictures onto our inner screen that we will be unable to unsee.

My goal as an author is to listen to the still, small voice that inspires me to write with savory salt for the soul as I sing to myself, “This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine.”

I am the student of Ted Dekker’s Creative Way Course in Transformational Fiction and numerous other storytelling and novel- ...more

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	The Treasure of Granzella Ranch 4.21 avg rating — 29 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Twintuition 4.20 avg rating — 20 ratings — published 2017 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Halfa Moon 4.67 avg rating — 12 ratings — published 2013 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Intranet Document Management: A Guide for Webmasters and Content Providers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1997	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Excel 5.0 Slick Tricks 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1994	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“Great stories do not require profanity.”
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“We can't really definde good, can we? Good for one person might be ruination for another. The problem with our human eyes is that we can only see the right now. But God? He sees around the corner, over the hill, and clean to the horizon. He knows what's comin', an' He knows what we need to be prepared for what's comin'. So sometimes those things we face that we don't understand - the things we think of as bad - are really for our good down the line.”
― Kim Vogel Sawyer, A Hopeful Heart

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“Looks aren't everything. Looks fade, but character remains.”
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“The Bible that is falling apart usually belongs to someone who isn't.”
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“The only explanation I can offer for my irrational lunacy is my personal ailment, one of its lingering symptoms being an unhealthy penchant for lashing out against the innocent. Please accept my apology.”
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