Of course, if that were the case, they would have no stories to tell. What would I do differently? I'm not sure. I might have chosen different works, and yet these spoke to me. I might have looked for different critiques, but they were hard to come by. I might have watched a "Will & Grace" episode for background, but I did not. I am not sure there was a lot I could have done differently, unless I chose something different to zero in on in the thesis. Then of course the paper would have taken an entirely different twist. Perhaps I could have looked more deeply into the relationships rather than the characters themselves, or the plot, that Moore seemed to have so many struggles with. Either way, I enjoyed this assignment, just as I enjoyed these heroines.

A learned quite a bit by doing this paper. Foremost are the many layers that make up fiction and writing, and how those layers differ from story to poem to play and back again. Even one element, such as conflict, can be handled in many different ways. Just as each character is unique, so is each element that makes up fiction, which leaves the writer with numerous choices to achieve the...

Certainly each writer brings a different perspective to their writing, and a different style, personality and ideas. However, many parts of fiction have commonalities, no matter the writer, and I think this assignment pointed out the differences, but pointed out the commonalities, too.
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Lizer, Kari. "Will and Grace Episode." The Bedford Introduction to Literature 7th Edition. Ed. Michael Meyer. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005. 1279-1285.

Magarrell, Elaine. "The Joy of Cooking." The Bedford Introduction to Literature 7th Edition. Ed. Michael Meyer. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005. 834.

Meyer, Jim. "What is Literature?" University of North Dakota. 1997. 21 April 2005. http://www.und.nodak.edu/dept/linguistics/wp/1997Meyer.PDF

Moore, Lorrie. "How to Become a Writer." The Bedford Introduction to Literature 7th Edition. Ed. Michael Meyer. New York: Bedford/St. Martin's, 2005. 551-555.