Fifty Shades of Why

New York Times #1 bestseller. Adapted from Twilight fanfiction.
This can't possibly end well.

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Show, don’t tell, kids.

I am 522 words in. I’ve counted six dashes. That is too many.

(Thanks to Scoop E-Newsletter for the Lifesavers image.)

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