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…her dearest friends are characters in books.

Sarah J. Maas, Heir of Fire (via theperksofbeingabookseller)

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Odd Prompts for Odd Stories

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Writing Prompt: Music Lyrics

“Take a chance Leave everything behind you Come and join me, won’t be sorry It’s easy to survive”

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Writing Prompt: Dialogue

“What are you going to do to me?” “Everything.”

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Stolen by Lucy Christopher Book Review

Hey guys. check out my book review for this awesome book I just finished.

I never thought a book could make me feel bad for a kidnapper. Well that is exactly what Stolenby Lucy Christopher has done. Aptly named, the novel follows Gemma, a fifteen-year-old who is on vacation with her parents when she is stolen from the airport. She’s in a Bangkok airport with her parents waiting to board a plane to Vietnam when she has an argument with her parents and storms off.…

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Claim Your Voice: Why You Don’t Have to Justify Your Diverse Story

NaNo Prep is always better with an incredible writing community around you. Luckily, the NaNoWriMo forums are full of fantastic writers. Inspired by our 200+ regional forums, we asked Kathy Vo, NaNoWriMo participant, to talk about writing stories that include culture-specific characters:

There’s a strong need to contribute more diverse stories across every creative medium. Yet when we feature leads of specific backgrounds, snarky voices often arise that don’t normally pop up for white, male leads.

As diverse authors, we regularly encounter choruses of “It’s too gay or girly for me”, "It’s not Asian/Black/Latino enough”, or "You’re making our people look bad.“

The scariest part about this? We’re probably our own loudest heckler.

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