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#164 Where I Come From

Elizabeth Brewster wrote a beautiful poem titled ‘Where I Come From’ — this is how it begins:


“People are made of places. They carry with them 

hints of jungles or mountains, a tropic grace

or the cool eyes of sea gazers.”


I’ve always loved this poem’s abstracted sense of local identity, so this week I invite you to consider how your characters’ backgrounds affect their personalities and choices.

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