Pulitzer prizewinner, Junot Díaz, has a piece out today in the Huffington Post talking about his approach to creating strong narrative voices for his characters. Good stuff!
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Wow, what wonderful food for thought in this piece! Diaz certainly offered a lot of great questions to ask yourself as you write. Thanks for sharing, Leslie!
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