Do you have BIG ideas for your work? That's great. But are they also NEW? Finding just the right way to tell a story in a world that has been spitting out stories since the beginning of time can be a challenge, but it is this challenge that makes the pursuit of creating so worthy. Lesson Three: Originality When I first started reading The Help, I was a little skeptical that the underlying plot line would be able to weave its way through the whole book: Junior League President wants to make sure Black maids have their own bathrooms because of her misguided and racist attitude. Of course, as I continued to read, I saw how this was just one element of the entire story. It was interesting, yes, and something I had not ever thought of, but it was just a symptom of the bigger problems of the times. Although the maids were responsible for the care of the families' children, they were still thought of as different and even dangerous, and needed to be "kept separate". Alt...
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