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Don't Judge By People's Covers - An Essay by Micaela Jones at Brigham Young University - Idaho (June 2015)

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A good writer must be responsible, patient, hardworking, a bookworm, and most importantly, truthful in all things. Maybe not in all things, but only the ones that are safe for everyone to know about. Also, the writer ought to make sure to use sources wisely because you never know where that story came from or if it is 100% true. He or she needs to do some hard digging until the point where the rumor started has been reached. However, not all writers follow the same guidelines because they individually have their own ways of getting attention. How do they do it? I do not know because every writer has his or her own way of writing a story, either by lying or letting the cat out of the bag completely. What is gossip? In the dictionary, it is defined as a casual conversation about other people that typically involves details that aren’t confirmed as being true or false. But, what does gossip mean to everybody? Is it an entertainment of some sort? The world would say ‘yes’ since ther