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| “I believe just as Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. did that love is the most powerful and transformative force in the world; the only thing capable of turning an enemy into a friend.” |
| Tavis Smiley |
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Tips for Writing Your LOVE WINS Story
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Keep it REAL! Tell a memorable true story about an event that you personally experienced, or that has happened to someone you know. |
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Keep it MOVING! Introduce us to all the people who have parts to play in your story, and tell it in a way that gets us emotionally involved in the action. Make us laugh. Make us cry. Make us care. |
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Tell it ALL! The story should get us hooked from the beginning with an action, an interesting problem, somebody with an issue, or people caught up in a serious situation. |
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Let the people TALK! Write the way people talk, with real dialogue and characters that express real feelings through their struggles and situations. |
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End with a NEW BEGINNING! Your story should end with a transformative action or experience. Leave us with something to believe in or reflect on. |
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Remember, this is YOUR story, YOUR heart, YOUR triumph, YOUR LOVE! |
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| A LOVE WINS Story is NEVER: |
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An intimate reflection that only you and your sister or brother or best friend could care about or understand: i.e. “Why Aunt Annie Makes the Best Fried Chicken in Cyrus County”. |
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A chatty letter or a page out of a personal diary. |
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A political diatribe or an inflammatory speech. |
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A lecture, oration or a sermon. This is not a chance to preach or teach, it’s an opportunity to share. |
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