Contracts are not about money. Contracts are about clarifying the communication.
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Are You Gonna Eat That?
When a question begs the obvious and expected answer, we’re not really asking a question; we’re making a disguised statement or request or demand. Wording the demand as a question, with the lilting raised voice at the end and a smile on our face, does not transmogrify it into an innocent act.
An Uncomfortable Silence
One challenge in writing fiction is getting the dialog to sound right. You can’t just transcribe a real conversation; reading what was really said, we can’t believe any rational person talks like this: “Look at those clouds.” “Dark.” “Rain?” “Huh. Dunno. What’s the weather say?” “Huh. Dunno.” “Dark clouds. Huh. Rain.” It reads like two [...]
Copy the Copy. Copy?
We might assume that context and usage will make our meaning clear. It is, though, only an assumption, and includes the assumption that our readers or listeners know what we know, to some extent.
Brevity
Short sentences of small words can express grand thought and timeless ideas. It seems almost a given that long sentences of long words will be sucked dry of life before you reach the end.
The Appearance of Communication
Shaw is reputed to have said that the biggest problem with communication is the assumption that it has occurred. While I can’t find a definitive source to claim that anyone said it, let alone George Bernard Shaw, I do know that it’s true. The statement, that is.
