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Edna Buchanan

I learned two important lessons from the Edna Buchanan book. One was to go for what you want with everything you have. Edna proved how possible this is, she showed her commitment to the story and portrayed such a passion for it that made me want to work just as hard. Another lesson I learned from her was to stay true to the story. Don't get personal feeling involved and make promises that can't be kept.

When a story come up being the first to put myself out there to write is could be one way I could display this. When writing the story I want to be there to get the facts and learn what's happening and keep my opinion out of it.

My favorite part of the book was how we got to know Edna and it helped us to relate to how she writes her stories. We found out that she is kind of a loner. She lives near he mom has relationships with cats basically, but this all lead to us realizing how committed to her work she is. That really inspired me.

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