Hello, hello everyone

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and welcome to my creative writing

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course here on Lesson Pal.

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I'm Carissa McKenzie,

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I'm gonna be your super passionate mentor

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and I can't wait to embark on

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this learning journey with you guys.

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Uh, I've been writing stories since I was pretty much in

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kindergarten and I actually started out doing

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fanfiction for my favorite movies.

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So movies. I'm definitely here to listen

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to you guys talk about your blur bows

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and all your other fun thoughts.

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Um, and since I started with, you know, fanfiction

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and then I moved on to writing my original works,

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I've learned a lot about the basic building blocks

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that make up a strong compelling story.

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How to make relatable characters that, you know,

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your readers are really going to at get attached to.

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Um, and just how to, how to make a story

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that's really difficult

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to put down, if you know what I mean.

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Um, so one of the big ideas that I really want you guys

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to come away with after working with me is the power

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of writing a story to communicate the things

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that you want to say through your work

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and how you say it is going to resonate with people in ways

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that you may not really be able

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to imagine when you start writing.

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And my goal is to give you the tips

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and the tools that you need to express yourself properly.

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Um, so yeah, I look forward to working with you guys.

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Thanks for giving my, um, my course a look,

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and I hope to see you soon.

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Bye.

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