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February 19, 2020

Fake It ‘Til You Make It: Why Plotting Stories is a Lie

“The plot is more what you’d call guidelines than actual rules.”

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January 18, 2020

Writing Lessons From The Tale of Despereaux

when times are terrible, soup is the answer!

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December 6, 2019

On the Nature of Beauty: Dorian Grey, Disney, and Dreamworks’ Shrek

is beauty in the eye of the beholder? depends on who you ask!

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June 28, 2019

Book Review: How to Read Literature Like a Professor

did you know you could be like a professor without having to go to school for 100 years? me neither!

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