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Normal People: Book Review
Plot Summary Connell and Marianne come from different worlds. They overlap only occasionally at school and when Connell picks his mum up from her job cleaning Marianne’s house. But despite the social distance between them, something draws these two together, not just...
How to Get Writing Done & Overcome Procrastination
How can you get writing done when you’re really not feeling it? If you want to write every day, being able to push through resistance is going to be an important skill. Some of these techniques are going to be useful for other things than writing, some are more...
Nothing to See Here: Book Review
Nothing to See Here plot summary When Lillian gets a message from her old school friend, Madison, about a possible job opportunity, she’s excited. She shows up with no idea what to expect, but what she gets is weirder than she could possibly imagine. A request to take...
Cut Down on Exposition: A How-To Guide
There comes a time in every author’s life (probably) where they have to learn how to cut down on exposition. Exposition, or the narration of background information, is sometimes essential in storytelling. How else are you supposed to explain your character’s...
Something to Talk About: Book Review
Something to Talk About Plot Summary A photograph of Hollywood writer Jo and her assistant Emma on the red carpet starts rumours that the two are dating. Rumours that are completely ridiculous… right? Despite the fact that the gossip is entirely baseless, they prove...
New Year’s Resolutions Check-In
New Year’s Resolutions are great! But they do have a tendency to get forgotten. If I’m being totally honest, I’d kind of forgotten what mine were, considering everything that’s been going on at the moment. But we’re just over halfway through the year (even if it feels...