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18.14: Heavy Lifting with Microtension

Writing Excuses

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The Power of Microtension

Microtension can be a tool for juxtaposition and anticipation. Conflict can be created in microtension. None of this is the right way to do something, they're just tools to think about. This has been Writing Excuses. You're out of excuses. Now go write.

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