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  • What Does the 400-Word Wall Signal for Your Future?

    What Does the 400-Word Wall Signal for Your Future?0

    A 400-word wall is a figure of speech used to designate attention span while reading. Ninety seconds is roughly the time it takes the average reader to get through 400 words. Conditioned as many are to distraction and shorter attention spans today, once people hit that wall they find themselves wanting to break away from

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  • The Life-Changing Power of Great Fiction

    The Life-Changing Power of Great Fiction0

    Recently I did something I haven’t done since childhood – if then. On Oct. 2, I finished reading a novel. On Oct. 3, I started reading the book again, completing this second reading six days later. I never read for hours at a time, but only during breaks from work and my routine. The first

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  • Books, Boys, and Heroes

    Books, Boys, and Heroes0

    My previous article, “Stories About Real Heroes Can Help Make Heroic Boys,” drew readers’ attention to the good that comes through exposing boys to literature and history featuring flesh-and-blood heroes. Superheroes have a place in the imagination of the young, but sooner or later, boys realize that the only superpowers in real life are those

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