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    Write your Story

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    When my father died at a relatively early age from a brain tumor, I remember standing at his grave wanting to hear more about the stories I had…

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    WRITER’S PROCRASTINATION AND WHAT TO DO

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    If your ideas have never landed on a page, or maybe you have a half-finished manuscript hiding in a drawer somewhere, don’t despair. You are not alone.

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    ON THE IMPORTANCE OF WRITING

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    The importance of writing surpasses our objections to the reasons we do not write and motivates more creativity with every word.

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    DID YOU EVER WANT TO BE A WRITER?

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    Many people have a secret desire to write, a desire that gets snuffed out by inner voices saying they do not know how. This article looks at the…

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