smithing is a word = to forge metal, it's what a blacksmith does his workplace is called a smithy and in it if he's a conscientious worker you'll find him busy smithing 
word-smithing = to forge words.
thanks for the good feedback jacko
specially the grammar. i'll get onto it now
in response to your question about why the;
In reality and outside word-smithing; ....on it's own line. i was trying to use it as a transition from the imaginative style of metaphor,
to the down to earth style of narrative. i'll have a think about where to put it at a later day.
word-smithing = to forge words.
thanks for the good feedback jacko
specially the grammar. i'll get onto it now
in response to your question about why the;
In reality and outside word-smithing; ....on it's own line. i was trying to use it as a transition from the imaginative style of metaphor,
to the down to earth style of narrative. i'll have a think about where to put it at a later day.