Advice
Your story
What is your story? Speak it out loud to see how it sounds. Some stories (high concept ones) can be described in one line; others are tangled webs of lives and relationships. Most stories are a journey, either a physical, mental or emotional one. By the end of the story, the characters will have moved on in every sense. Do you have enough of a story to fill a whole book (at least 120,000 words for an average novel)?
Tips
For me, being a mother is the most important part of my life. In Mozambique, I met mothers who face problems that I daren't imagine. HIV-positive mothers desperately trying to get their beloved HIV-positive kids on the life-saving anti-retroviral drugs (ARVs) that can mean the difference between life and death.
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