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Writing Scripts 🎥 🎭 V. Novels ✍️🏾 📖

I can not accurately describe the weirdness and difficulty of switching from exclusively writing scripts for over a decade to writing a novel.

It's quite the curve, trying to go back to my storytelling roots. My good friend told me that if I had it, I would always. Even if it's a bit rusty. I corrected her and said, "Very rusty," lol

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