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"In order to write good sentences, you have to read good sentences." Patrick Barry

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Aug 22, 2025 at 3:25pm
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A good sentence from a good friend.
I haven't done much with the Good Sentences thing. I seem to have forgotten about it.

I recently came across a few very good sentences in text messages from a good friend. I've invited her to join Wdc. My friend's name is Angie Barnett. Angie doesn't have a handle yet. I'm going to call her Dandelion until she picks her own handle.

Dandelion has a natural talent for writing. She never thought of herself as a writer until I pointed out this sentence. For context I'll paste the whole paragraph in. I'll put brackets around the sentence.

"I was thinking yesterday, after hearing Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is" on the radio... I was thinking, {I don't think that I've heard such a more desirable, but at the same time, more terrifying song in all my life.}"

I read this out loud. It rolls off the tongue very nicely. It expresses two opposing emotions very effectively.

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A good sentence from a good friend. · 08-22-25 3:25pm
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Re: A good sentence from a good friend. · 08-22-25 6:54pm
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Re: Re: A good sentence from a good friend. · 08-22-25 9:23pm
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