Post Lesson 9 Work

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In order to be a good writer or to even consider turning writing into any sort of career, one has to first understand the necessity of editing. Writers cannot be afraid to edit their own work, nor can they be afraid to let unnecessary words or passages drift into oblivion when they don't contribute to the effectiveness of the overall piece. Before I came to Pathways, I was in a college journalism course for two years and I learned very quickly that the finished product is often very different than what you start out with. A good writer cares about the quality of the piece and works very hard at saying what needs to be said with as few words as possible. Good writers understand that if too many words are in a piece, readers could get bored very easily, so they maximize their creativity wherever they can. In writing, less is often more.

All beings who have bodies do have power over those who do not, but those with bodies also have a very sacred responsibility to help those who cannot help themselves. Temples are there for people who have bodies to make themselves spiritually right with the Lord through ordinances and sacred covenants. After people have made covenants with God themselves and shown commitment to those covenants through sacred ordinances, they have a sacred responsibility to help rescue those who cannot rescue themselves because they have no body. The Atonement enables both the living and the dead to move beyond their imperfections, but the living need to help the dead by serving as their proxies in the ordinances and agreeing to the covenants on behalf of those who cannot do so for themselves. Those on the other side can choose whether or not to accept the ordinances and covenants, but they are able to make that choice because the living are there to help them via the temple.

I then went to the Writing Center for help with my paper and managed to get in for a session with a tutor.