"Legalism" is a word in ENGLISH
Strictness, or the doctrine of strictness, in conforming
to law.
Your audience is your adversary. If you don't have one get one - imagine it. Imagine it now. To whom is your story addressed and why? Audience is always a creative act of the imagination. You can't tell your story effectively and leave it out. It must be alive in you, vividly alive. It is in conflict with everything that is false in what you have written. If it is an audience worthy of your talent and potential, it won't let you slide by the lies, the laziness, the shortcuts. If you don't take audience seriously, you can be sure it will return the favor.
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Earnest for the truth taught in the gospel; strict in interpreting Christian doctrine; preeminetly orthodox; -- technically applied to that …
Read the complete definitionThe practice or the doctrine of strict adherence to, or dependence on, external forms, esp. in matters of religion.
Read the complete definitionIndifferent to a strict application of any standard of belief or opinion; hence, deviating more or less widely from such …
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