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Restless Manuscript Syndrome

February 26, 2014 A. B. Westrick Leave a comment

“Restless Leg Syndrome? Oh, that’s an electrolyte imbalance,” said a doctor-friend. “Just drink Gatorade.” I shrugged. Couldn’t hurt. So I…

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Filed under: Austin, craft, Gatorade, manuscript, Matt de la Peña, Mexican WhiteBoy, process, restless leg syndrome, revision, SCBWI, scenes, story, writing

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