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**Tip of the Day**
If you ever feel like you've got a great idea but don't know how to turn it into a story try thinking of it as a boulder you are going to explode and turn to sand... Your idea is a giant boulder. Use the five W's (who, what, when, where, and why) to explode the idea, leaving you with sizable chunks of rock. Then turn those rocks to sand by imagining the minute details in each chunk; go through the five senses (sight, sound, feel, taste, smell), describing each... You want your reader to picture a film in their mind as they read your work.
 * Show Don't Tell: Jan 7**