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July 04, 2004

Swoop swap swup?

zoe"Once upon a time there were three bad aliens. But Wonder Woman swupped down and roped them up. So they said, 'Curses!' The end."

heFreytag's triangle really shouldn't be a right triangle, i.e. there shouldn't be an immediate, vertical, elevator-like rise up to the climax, followed by a more gradual falling action. Nevertheless, Zoë's storytelling skills are improving. And I believe this is her first, admittedly not wholly felicitious, foray into the thicket that is English irregular verbiage.

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