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A Great Key to Building Your Story: Things Are Never as They Appear

A Great Key to Building Your Story: Things Are Never as They Appear

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Mary Carroll Moore
Apr 28, 2017
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I got some of the best writing advice this week:  In a good story, things are never as they appear. 


At first, I debated this advice:  Why not tell the truth in story?  I try to be honest in my daily life, so why would I be otherwise in my books?  Nonfiction writers, you always tell the truth, so keep debating the idea.  But fiction and memoir writers, …

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