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"William Faulkner’s conviction that the writer’s duty is "to help man endure by lifting his heart" comes to mind -- storytelling is still literature’s greatest duty." Susan Sontag, Sontag on …
7 story start tips : Write Monday
What type of story do you want to tell? I can think of dozens of types of stories, mythical, cultural folktales, fairytales, cautionary fables, historical or generational stories. Yet most stories …
Move Over Miss Marple: Write Monday
Source: Move Over Miss Marple Susan Holmes: Write Monday In praise of dog mystery books with female protagonists, please meet author, Susan Holmes. We connected on WordPress.com, and we follow each …
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All You Zombies by Robert Heinlein
A story stranger than fiction “I’m going to tell you the strangest story you ever heard." Thus opens a famous fantasy story by Robert A. Heinlein. How could I not read the original story after …