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Earning A Degree in Adulthood
Today I’m going to ramble because for the first time in forever, I’m not being graded on structure or organization. Bear with me. For those of you not keeping track of my life, you should know that I graduated from my university on Saturday. I received a very nice email from a professor just before…
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I am the most accidentally suspicious person ever.
I am the most accidentally suspicious person ever.Today a professor asked me to do her a favor–go to her apartment and pick up a package that had been delivered so that she didn’t have to worry about anyone stealing it while she was at work. She gave me twenty bucks to do it. I couldn’t turn…
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Five Year-Olds Have Stories, Too: Narrative Voice in Emma Donoghue’s Room
Room is a brilliant, brilliant novel in so many ways. There are many good things about it but craft element I find most essential to this novel is its narrative voice. The story is told from the perspective of a child; Emma Donoghue’s decision to use five year-old Jack as her narrator added freshness to…
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And the Plot Thickens: A Case Study of The Talented Mr. Ripley
Patricia Highsmith has exhibited a mastery of moving a plot forward with her novel The Talented Mr. Ripley, turning situations into complications that work to enrich character as well as provide necessary information to the reader. In chapter seven of The Complete Handbook of Novel Writing, Monica Wood gives advice on crafting a plot that…
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