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Tag Archives: power of suggestion

The Power of Suggestion

  By John Rea-Hedrick | February 15, 2010 - 5:17 pm | Writing, Writing Advice
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Anna Staniszewski posted a link to a very funny commercial on her blog today.  I’ve copied her and done the same here.  Watch it first so the rest of this post will make sense.


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