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  • My Attraction to Gritty Stories
    My Attraction to Gritty Stories
    August 04, 2020

    My Attraction to Gritty Stories

    Not all stories are romantic or are tied up neatly at the end. Sometimes characters do not have a redeeming quality, and sometimes their experiences have made them hard and difficult to “save.” Gritty ...

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