Writing my own destiny

As writers, we know better than anyone the power of the right word. A carefully picked verb, an aptly placed adjective – these are the things that make us tick. We could probably live forever off the high of a perfect rhyme and a thundering opening paragraph. But I could never have imagined the far-reaching effects of what started off as a hobby.

I like writing. A new idea for a story makes my eyes shine with excitement. An unusual sentence construction makes my heart flutter. Expanding my vocabulary in the English language is a goal that seems inexhaustible and unattainable, no matter how long...

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