Random Analogies

What: "That all forms of storytelling have a "beat" is a pet theory of mine. When I edit books, I often edit pacing, following the flow of words so that the story is easier to read. A period is like a bated breath, a single instance before the writer allows you to continue forward. There's power in grammar and punctuation. A dynamic in sentence structure and layout."

Writer: -Rivkah

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Where: Reference Link Has Evaporated

Date: Oct 14 2013 8:43 PM

What: "An earthquake is like that cracking rock, but on a much larger scale. Often a break occurs in a place that has broken before, on what scientists call a fault - a break in the earth's surface between two blocks of rock that have moved past each other."

Writer: Not Stated

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Date: Oct 29 2013 11:08 AM

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"In a normal infection, your immune system attacks the invading bacteria and kills them. Then it removes the damaged tissue and the dead bacteria. In a skin infection we see the aftermath of this as pus. Tuberculosis affects a body differently. When a person has untreated tuberculosis in their lungs, the greatest danger is not from the bacteria itself, but from the person's own body. The immune system attempts to wall off the area around the bacteria, which results in a pocket of dead lung tissue inside the living lung. If left untreated these walled off areas increase and in about 50% of cases, cause the death of the infected person. Notice that it is not the bacteria that kills people, but the response of the body to the bacteria."

The residue of the response is as bad as or worse than the disease. The linked article is VERY good association between TB and emotional bruising.

Writer: Tad Lindley

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Date: Aug 9 2014 12:17 PM

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"The ocean is like a birthday cake - the topmost layer holds the icing, the richest portion "

Writer: Joe Kraynak, ‎Kim Tetrault

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Date: May 21 2015 5:50 PM