As you know Bob, show don't tell: Srsly (7 shows, no tells!)

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10 Second Tip: STUCK on a Short Story?

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Scratch Post 1 - Inner Editor

I am quite fond of the craft of writing. It is a skill that happens to have a lot of intricacies that are worthy of exploration. You can expect in the future a lot of these articles on the craft of writing. I hope you enjoy them. * * * Something that...

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MSBA- Tutorial Part 1

"through this door will begin your tutorial," she says, putting one hand on the outside of the door but not quite opening it. "if you resist doing the tutorial the chip will take over.

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Sorcery.Net: Into AltWorlds

"but all our features have user made tutorial sessions, and mina's plan includes us visiting the altworlds fantasy rpg tutorial. well, one of them. there's a whole bunch, though this one is the most popular due to the rather interesting content."

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A poets peace.

A voice from the dark called out, 'The poets must give us imagination of peace, to oust the intense, familiar imagination of disaster. Peace, not only the absence of war.' But peace, like a poem, is not there ahead of itself, can't be imagined...

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