Mara’s Cookbook for the Bitter Writer

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WORDS:  Mara Akil
  1. Isabelle Hardesty says:

    This is GOLD. Yes! Yes!

  2. Karen-Nicole says:

    Beautiful. So many gems! “Who you coming home to?….Get your mind right.” Blessings are being birthed right here. Thank you!

  3. Felichia Chivaughn says:

    Got dogggggit this is good. All of it!

  4. Oasis says:

    I would really love to hear you elaborate more on this topic.

    I get a lot of critique about this (both good and bad actually) about coming off too harsh and judgy in my writing. Some of my friends say “you said it plain and right and opinionated with a clear stance and you took the words right out of my mouth” while other friends read my scene and say “yea but when you say it like that you negate how the character got in that position and you sound narrow minded and one sided and hateful and you loose me as a viewer because you make me/character sound like a loser – your viewer is not a loser, they are navigating through life just like everybody else and we all have our own flaws and values and different trains of thought – explore that, present others POV in a non critical manner – take yourself and your opinion out of it.”.

    I’m trying to get there. But then:

    Some people like the blunt, clear, straight forward style of speech. Some people don’t want to hear me making excuses for the main characters, they don’t want the fluffy stuff. So I’m trying to find a happy medium.

    I also feel like in today’s day and age society (more so than before) is becoming more sophisticated. Think pieces and opinion pieces are becoming more popular. Theory and sources of data and statistics and research and surveys are being looked at more. I think more people want to hear both sides of the story (some at least). How do we represent multiple different styles of perspective without one overriding the other. Some people LOVED Tamar on The Real’s talk show, opinions varied.

    I feel like Girlfriends did the job of well rounded dialogue beautifully because you had Tony (Type A) and Lynn (Type Z%€$?) and Mya and Joan who were on different sides of the spectrum of opinion and style and backgrounds. As long as we represent them all, can we not be as poignant as we like to be as writers?

    LOVE YOU,
    Oasis (Major Fan)

  5. Ayanna Wiggins says:

    Take a breath.
    I’m the MF when I walk into the room.

    This is right on time. Love, love, love!

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