This is the only place you’ll hear me saying that word, and the only time. David Farland said in a recent blog post, “I hate the word “resolute.” Whenever I think of it, I think of soldiers circa 1800, marching resolutely into battle, knowing that they’re going to die. Yet every year I make resolutions anyway. Maybe if we had better attitudes about resolutions in the first place, it wouldn’t be so hard to keep them.” Well, I can certainly agree with that, since resolutions have become more of a joke than a a goal statement. Then he said this: “It seems to me that if I approach my goals properly, then reaching them won’t be too hard. For example, let’s look at writing…
