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		<description><![CDATA[That requirement for closure at the end of a story often stymies aspiring writers, who can't at first visualize the satisfying ending that occurred during their own lives. They are afraid that if they report the events that actually happened, the reader will not feel particularly informed or uplifted. This question leads to the heart of the memoir genre. Our responsibility as writers is not just to repeat events but to share a creative way of looking at those events. Finding this shape, this wrapper, this satisfying ending is one of our most important challenges.]]></description>
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		<title>Failure to Launch Generates  Dramatic Tension</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Emerging into adulthood is sometimes dubbed "launching," a term that reminds me of a woman in a fur coat smashing a bottle across the bow of a ship being sent to sea on its maiden voyage. My launching did not include getting hit with a bottle of champagne, but I was hit with other substances which contributed to my loss of focus.]]></description>
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		<title>Story extends my optimism to infinity</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[By Jerry Waxler When I was 20, I fought desperately against my future. I refused to become an adult until I understood why I should. Looking back years later, I see my rebellion against the future was a big mistake that caused me and my parents much suffering. I eventually made it through that period, [...]]]></description>
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