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        Mar 19, 2025
      
      
      
        
          
        
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“Fiction is crisis.” I was reminded of this Jonathan Mayberry quote in a recent article in
Writer’s Digest. Ryan Given Cleave wrote how fiction is all about the character’s messy
life. You don’t write about a bunch of happy people having a lovely day. “Instead, it’s
about embracing tension, chall...
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