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Rewrite

Why Is My Dialogue Stuck?

Alan Watt | Posted 01.02.2013 | Books
Read More: Dialogue, Character, Writing, Fiction, Rewrite, Alan Watt, Motivation, Write, Novel, Writing Fiction, Fiction Writing, Writing Dialogue, Books News
Alan Watt

The surest way to kill the aliveness of our characters is by insisting that they always make sense. When we follow the labyrinth of most conversations, we discover one constant: people always want something.

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Rewriting Huckleberry Finn Twists Twain's Intentions

Craig Hotchkiss | Posted 05.25.2011 | Books
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Craig Hotchkiss

Trendy "feel good" sentiments of modern political connectedness are purging Huckleberry Finn of the ugly truth that Mark Twain sought to expose during the Jim Crow Era.

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Baucus' Bill Not Bipartisan, But Panmedia

Chris Weigant | Posted 05.25.2011 | Politics
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Chris Weigant

Baucus' was supposed to be the "bipartisan" bill, but the only way it can truly be referred to as such is in the growing bipartisan distaste for the bill.

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