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by Mia Martins, jaBlog! Blogger   Psychic distance can be an incredible tool for writers to manipulate the reader’s connection to a story and its characters. If used consciously and correctly, it can greatly heighten the intended effect of a scene. First, though, what is psychic distance? Odds are that you’ve already been using and manipulating psychic...

by Sierra Ret, jaBlog! Blogger   Does listening to music help or hinder the writing process? This question is as widely contested among individuals as it is among professional authors and neuroscientists. To say that the brain is a vastly complex place is an understatement, so it makes sense that the debate over what gets...

by Meghna Chatterjee, Age 15, India   A MACHINERY OF AFFECTION i. This town holds ten thousand lies, deeply buried in these catacomb streets, where a single metal detector scans the rugged roads in faint discreet, awaiting the sound of static to appear telling me the metal gears are found of punctured memories, of forgotten...