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“Your dad killed his brother and sister. Murdered them in their own home.”
trying to noodle out a plot problem.
I have not heard this expression since I was a child!
This is the consequence of speaking out as a woman. We are labeled hysterical, emotional, unreliable, and finally, incompetent.
There’s a reason historians rely so heavily on primary sources. Because human memory is flawed.
I refuse to accept there are things I can’t do simply because I’m a woman.”
Lydia coughs, tears forming in her eyes,
Suddenly the volume shoots up when Steven Tyler sings the line about a girlfriend who’s a liar. “I hate him,” Vince says. “I wish he was dead.”
“Then you need to ask yourself why this is the story he wants to tell.”
“Every chapter has to have a point. Even if the reader can’t yet see it. Every story told must serve two purposes—to allow your reader to know your characters better, and to push the narrative toward the conclusion.”
“There’s nothing better than being truly seen—truly known by another person.
