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Day: May 13, 2013

Writer’s Craft # 121 Realistic dialogue

May 13, 2013May 6, 2013 Posted in Writer's Craft6 Comments

Sonnet was born at the John Radcliffe in Oxford and spent the first six years of her life living in the town of Abingdon close to both her grandparents and most of the rest of her family. She moved after that to Cornwall for three years and then to Devon for another three before moving…… Continue reading Writer’s Craft # 121 Realistic dialogue

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