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Emotional Arc of Your Story--How Act 1 and Act 2 Create Rhythm a Reader Will Follow

Emotional Arc of Your Story--How Act 1 and Act 2 Create Rhythm a Reader Will Follow

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Mary Carroll Moore
Jun 12, 2010
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I've been reading Amy Bloom's new book, Where the God of Love Hangs Out, a collection of interrelated short stories that form a sort of novel.  Although a few stories were published in earlier collections, this grouping takes the characters another step.

I like practically everything I've read of Bloom's work.  I appreciate the intricate weavings she man…

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