by Dwayne Phillips Fiction, when repeated enough, becomes fact in the minds of many. So why aren’t we trying to stomp out fiction that is far from reality? I have seen many movies on Hallmark Movies and Mysteries. 99% of murders in real life are not like that, nothing like that. 99% of murders in […]
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Fiction and Disinformation
December 14th, 2020 · No Comments
Tags: Expectations · Fable · Fairy Tales · Information · Stories · Writing
Any Excuse, Any Reason
October 26th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips When something does not hold up to rational analysis, any excuse or any reason is as good as another. And when no excuse or reason comes to mind now, we will think of something later. A recent xkcd cartoon had a wonderful punchline, “No, for another reason I’ll think of later.” The […]
Tags: Excuses · Myth · Questions · Stories · Teaching
A Good Story
August 16th, 2020 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips Most of us profess to like a good story, but do we? Stories are important. They inform others of our path to where we are today. We love stories. Or do we love the word “story?” If we love stories, we would tell them often. We would type the words to the […]
Tags: Communication · Ideas · Stories · Writing
Talk to the Page
February 11th, 2019 · No Comments
by Dwayne Phillips One of the reasons I write (there are many) is that persons simply grow weary of the sound of my voice. I like to tell stories—some true, some not so. There are a few people in my life, see, e.g., my wife of 35+ years, who have already heard most of them. […]