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Write A Story

Don’t write an essay (unless you really want it); the story should be the protagonist. This doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t ask a specialist if you will write about an airplane crash; it means that you shouldn’t fill your novel with facts.

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Computer Science student Social Media - Quality Analyst Curious and interested about almost every topic you can think of. Learning my 6th language 🇧🇪 I don't like pictures

What you can learn from Stephen King. If you are a writer you need to know this.

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