Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Foreign Elements

How do you explain things that reside far outside of your readers’ experience? Some cultural and religious practices are so foreign to our experience. Some things in the Bible are very much this way. Some things we can be very happy to be ignorant about, one of them was the abominable practice of child sacrifice.

How do you get such things across when the situation requires? Be creative.
An example of this can be found right here: Gone, Completely Gone.  This is a chapter from the book Josiah – Chain Breaker; An example of true collaborative writing by men and women in Papua New Guinea.
Enjoy.

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