Sarah Rae

Mother of two adorable babies. Beauty and style enthusiast with a sweet passion for baking. Aspiring author and lover of literature. Currently, pursuing a Bachelor's degree in Communications.

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Day 8: Just Write

31 Days of Being a Writer Day Eight   “The secret to getting ahead is getting started.” ― Mark Twain   Close this window on your computer, open up a writing program, and start typing. There is no way to become…

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Day 7: Really, Very

31 Days of Being a Writer Day Seven “Substitute ‘damn’ every time you’re inclined to write ‘very;’ your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.” ― Mark Twain   I’m really tired =…

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Day 6: Be Succinct

31 Days of Being a Writer Day Six   “Vigorous writing is concise. A sentence should contain no unnecessary words, a paragraph no unnecessary sentences, for the same reason that a drawing should have no unnecessary lines and a machine…

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Day 5: Don’t Make Readers Feel Stupid

31 Days of Being a Writer Day Five “Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.” ― Stephen King   I adore having an abundant lexicon at my disposal.…

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Day 4: Clichés

31 Days of Being a Writer Day Four   “Last, but not least, avoid cliches like the plague” – William Safire   I’m sure you all caught the irony of the quote I posted. If not… this post is for you. I…

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Day 3: Protagonist

31 Days of Being a Writer Day Three “The writer is both a sadist and a masochist. We create people we love, and then we torture them. The more we love them, and the more cleverly we torture them along…

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Day 2: Fiction

31 Days of Being a Writer Day Two   “Reading was like a drug, a dope. The novels created moods in which I lived for days.” ― Richard Wright   FICTION – fic-tion / noun 1. a : something invented by the imagination or…

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Day 1: Reading

31 Days of Being a Writer Day One   “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.” – Stephen King   The kids are almost up from their nap time and I have class in two hours so today I…

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M.I.A.

I know I’ve been absent from my blog, once again, but I have accepted that while I’m in school I won’t be able to update as much as I’d like to. I’ve been extra busy this last week just trying…

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Back to School

I feel like the last few weeks came and went way too fast. I started school again on August 27th and I’ve been totally consumed by it ever since. This semester I enrolled in an advertising class, which is turning…

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If I Could Tell My Teenage Self…

If I could go back in time and impart some wisdom on my teenage self I would tell her to dump her boyfriend and stop thinking about boys all together. Teenage boys don’t really contribute much to a successful woman’s…

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