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“I write because I don’t know what I think until I read what I say. ”

— Flannery O'Connor

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Mother's Day

history, motherhood, parenting, Special Days (Holidays)Bethany StedmanMay 6, 2010compassion, history of mothers day, Julia Ward Howe, mom, mommy, mother's day, motherhood, mothering, mothers, parenting, peace, peace movement, peaceful, pray, prayer, praying for my sonComment

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Day 83 of #imitatelikeawriter for #the100dayproject
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While I drew inspiration for this from the quote from A Severe Mercy, I think my mind is still on Octavia Butler’s direct and emotive writing style. ✍️
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#the100dayproject2020 #writeeveryday

Day 82 #imitatelikeawriter for #the100dayproject
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I tried to keep pretty close to the original here. Tried to imitate Butler’s clean, crisp voice and certain tone. But also tried to infuse this with a little of myself too☺️✍️
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#the100dayp

Day 81 #imitatelikeawriter for #the100dayproject
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Still thinking about characterization ☺️✍️

Day 80 of #imitatelikeawriter for #the100dayproject
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I’m still working on direct characterization 😊 So here’s a little piece in emulation of Dickens’ use of simile in direct characterization ✍️
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#simile #directcharacterization #c

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