Mayly Tao’s story celebrates her mother’s journey as a Cambodian refugee and her own unique upbringing as a donut “princess” whose family business is one of the world’s most successful donut shops. Thrilling and sweet, it shows how all American stories start with the same ingredients.
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Stirring the Plot: Taking your basic plot across the genres
Plots. Aren’t they fun?
Learn how to work your story and your plotlines, shifting them as you need to for that agent, editor, or even reader to sit up and take notice. Through a series of exercises, this workshop tells you how to identify your story’s strongest plot points and how to start shifting its elements so you understand exactly how your story comes across to your audience and how you can strengthen it.
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I Edit. I Write. I Talk About Ghosts.
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I Wrote the Book on Editing
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