15 Quotes by Brian McDonald

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    You can say that's a higher-than-normal number of challenges being filed, but by the same token, there's a higher number of folks seeking election, too.

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    The guidelines that have been set to address the achievement gap can only be done fairly and accurately if you pinpoint a number, and that number is 40.

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    Stories are not complicated. They are, in fact, deceptively simple. But like anything simple, they are difficult to create.

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    Art is not to show people who you are; it is to show people who they are.

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    It takes a long time to write something that is easy to read.

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    Because change is never easy, and is resisted, it is your job as storyteller to apply as much pressure on your characters as possible. You must back them into a corner and force them to change. Make it as painful as you can. Bring them to the brink of physical or emotional death if you possibly can. Your protagonists will be measured by the size of their struggle, so don’t pull any punches.

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