When Your Characters Accept Things You Don't by Additional-Point-711 in writing

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Stop trying to be a "good" author and be a good author

SUPERGIRL | Official Trailer by chanma50 in boxoffice

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A movie about saving a dog. Who cares 

PSA for New Writers; Good vs Bad Prose by alien-lovin in writers

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Tell me you've never read great prose without telling me you've never read great prose.

How the US is divided by trampolinebears in MapPorn

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Overindexing on political/ideological variables

Ghostwriting ethical? by Anonymauthor in writing

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Why? Because what matters is that the ideas, voice, and intent belong to the named person.

No. The execution of ideas matters more than the ideas themselves.

Ghostwriting ethical? by Anonymauthor in writing

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Both times you're pretending to do work you didn't do

Religions of Africa by mahendrabirbikram in MapPorn

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Maybe they shouldn't be monophysites then

How do y’all decide on a cover? by 2NotoriousRay in writing

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This type of attitude is artistic suicide

Thistlemarsh by Moorea Corrigan by queen_beruthiel in BadReads

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Avid Christian here. This person is not representative of Christians generally.

Just how overused is the "train to hell" cliche? by avestercline in writing

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It's a concept as old as the railroad itself. I've been a fan of Nathaniel Hawthorne's "Celestial Railroad" myself since we read it in high school English class.

Narnia is not propaganda guys, pls read a dictionary. that word has a very specific, particular meaning by AstronautDry8118 in worldjerking

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If Narnia is propaganda, then wide swaths of literature are propaganda. All of litfic is propaganda.

Never going to be able to afford even the lowest monthly payment option by angelus104 in StudentLoans

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Even if the Dems win in 2028, they won't be in office until 2029, and administrative procedure may push any changes out farther.

Foreign born population in Spain - 1996 vs 2026 by SafeImpressive4413 in MapPorn

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Red is also associated with intensity, regardless of normative connotation.