A well-thought-out story doesn’t need to resemble real life. Life itself tries with all its might to resemble a well-crafted story.

Isaac Babel
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The art of story telling, in any form, is not just about the words you use. It's also about the twist and turns of events that lead to a happy ending. The most memorable stories are the ones where the events are real but the story itself is not. The line between reality and fiction can be so thin it's almost invisible. But when writers have the ability to pinpoint exactly how life is supposed to turn out and then exaggerate those happenings, readers can't help but believe them.

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