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Why do we write? Why do we spend months, years, even decades engaged in the solitary act of creating a world on
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Reframing Your Protagonist’s Goal
“Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful makes complete sense
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The Theme of the Story
Shakespearean plays begin with the chorus telling us what we are about to see. They don’t tell us the whole plot
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Why do we write? Why do we spend months, years, even decades engaged in the solitary act of creating a...
“Nothing worth doing is completed in our lifetime; therefore we must be saved by hope. Nothing true or beautiful makes...
Shakespearean plays begin with the chorus telling us what we are about to see. They don’t tell us the...
