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Why a writer should never be afraid of a caricature.

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I often feel like I state conflicting things on here.

I don’t believe in rules.. these are the three rules of storytelling..

Don’t write just to be different… So sick of the same old thing..

I like to think when I see the same faces popping up that it’s a testimony that I’m not the only one out here, that many of us understand that sound bite advice is shallow and incomplete and the reality is good writing is a finely spun web that binds together many different, even superficially contradictory techniques and approaches and allows context to shape them. And when I come out with something like, embrace the caricature, you’re willing to listen.. hello?lineupedited

The reason most will almost immediately baulk at that is because they will make the assumption I am talking about stereotyping.  They run close and its not uncommon to use them interchangeably. And I’m not instinctively…

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Viv Drewa is a Michigan native who has enjoyed reading and writing since 1963. Though she studied medicinal chemistry at the University of Michigan, her passion has always been writing. She had been awarded third place for her nonfiction short story about her grandfather's escape from Poland. Later, she rewrote this story and was published in the "Polish American Journal" as "From the Pages of Grandfather's Life" and has republished it on Amazon.com as a short story. Viv took creative and journalism courses to help in her transition to fulfill her dream of becoming a writer. She worked as an intern for Port Huron's 'The Times Herald", and also wrote, edited and did the layout or the Blue Water Multiple Sclerosis newsletter "Thumb Prints." She also has a business promoting authors. Owl and Pussycat Book Promotions. Viv, her husband Bob and their cat Princess, live in Port Huron, Michigan.

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