INPUT ARTICLE: Article: Organize your short story into a plot outline with five parts: exposition, an inciting incident, rising action, a climax, falling action, and a resolution. Use the outline as a reference guide as you write the story to ensure it has a clear beginning, middle, and end. You can also try the snowflake method, where you have a one sentence summary, a one paragraph summary, a synopsis of all the characters in the story, and a spreadsheet of scenes. Your opening should have action, conflict, or an unusual image to catch your reader’s attention. Introduce the main character and the setting to your reader in the first paragraph. Set your reader up for the key themes and ideas in the story.  For example, an opening line like: “I was lonely that day” does not tell your reader much about the narrator and is not unusual or engaging. Instead, try an opening line like: “The day after my wife left me, I rapped on the neighbor’s door to ask if she had any sugar for a cake I wasn’t going to bake.” This line gives the reader a past conflict, the wife leaving, and tension in the present between the narrator and the neighbor. A short story is usually told in the first person point of view and stays with one point of view only. This helps to give the short story a clear focus and perspective. You can also try writing the short story in third person point of view, though this may create distance between you and your reader.  Some stories are written in second person, where the narrator uses “you.” This is usually only done if the second person is essential to the narrative, such as in Ted Chiang’s short story, “Story of Your Life” or Junot Diaz’s short story, “This is How You Lose Her.” Most short stories are written in the past tense, though you can use the present tense if you’d like to give the story more immediacy. The dialogue in your short story should always be doing more than one thing at a time. Make sure the dialogue tells your reader something about the character who is speaking and adds to the overall plot of the story. Include dialogue tags that reveal character and give scenes more tension or conflict. Think about how the setting feels, sounds, tastes, smells, and looks to your main character. Describe your setting using the senses so it comes alive for your reader. For example, you may describe your old high school as “a giant industrial looking building that smells of gym socks, hair spray, lost dreams, and chalk.” Or you may describe the sky by your house as “a blank sheet covered in thick, gray haze from wildfires that crackled in the nearby forest in the early morning.” The realization or revelation does not have to major or obvious. It can be subtle, where your characters are beginning to change or see things differently. You can end with a revelation that feels open or a revelation that feels resolved and clear.  You can also end on an interesting image or dialogue that reveals a character change or shift. For example, you may end your story when your main character decides to turn in their neighbor, even if that means losing them as a friend. Or you may end your story with the image of your main character helping her bloodied brother walk home, just in time for dinner.

SUMMARY: Make a plot outline. Create an engaging opening. Stick to one point of view. Use dialogue to reveal character and further the plot. Include sensory details about the setting. End with a realization or revelation.

In one sentence, describe what the following article is about: It's the blue icon with a white "V" inside. You'll usually find it on the home screen (iPhone/iPad) or in the app drawer (Android).  If you're not signed in, you'll be prompted to do so now. If you unlink your bank account, you won't be able to transfer your Venmo balance to your account for free. You'll still be able to pay for an Instant Transfer if you've connected a compatible debit card. It's at the top-left corner of the screen. It's toward the bottom of the menu. It's toward the top of the menu.  It's the link below your account name. A confirmation message will appear. This will unlink the bank account from your Venmo account.
Summary: Open Venmo on your phone or tablet. Tap the ☰ menu. Tap  Settings. Tap Payment Methods. Tap the account you want to remove. Tap Remove. Tap Remove Bank.

Though you don’t want to use water for basic stains on suede, water stains can be treated with the same substance. Dampen a soft cloth, and then cover the shoe in a light layer of water. Make sure the water is evenly spread over the shoes.  Use a dry cloth to dab up the excess water. Place a shoe tree or balled up paper inside the shoe to keep the shape. Then, let it dry overnight. Brush with a suede brush to liven the look of the suede. If you have an oil stain on your suede shoes, try using the suede brush. If that doesn’t remove it, use cornstarch. Sprinkle a light coating of cornstarch on the oil stain. Let the cornstarch sit for around eight hours. Brush away the cornstarch. Then use the steam from a steam iron to dampen the stained area lightly. Use the brush to finish removing the stain. If you get chewing gum, wax, or something else sticky on your suede shoes, a brush won’t work. Place the shoe in the freezer until the sticky substance is frozen and hard. Use a brush to chip away the hardened substance.
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One-sentence summary -- Use water for water stains. Try cornstarch on oil stains. Freeze the shoe if something is stuck on the shoe.

Q: If you only take on one at a time, it doesn't seem as big of a task. Sort through everything the same way you sorted through the things on the floor. Ask yourself the same questions as well.
A: Pick a bin/drawer to start with. Sort through everything. Pick another bin/drawer, sort through everything, and ask yourself the same questions from before again.

INPUT ARTICLE: Article: The sooner that you get in contact with an insurance agent, the sooner your claim can be processed. Your protection will depend on your coverage, and your insurance agent will be able to get the process started. List all of your damaged property before beginning the cleanup process. Include pictures and video evidence if possible.  Let your claims adjuster know when you are disposing of health hazards, such as contaminated food. It can still be claimed, so they need to know about it. Ask about keeping samples. Sometimes you will need to keep samples of damaged property, such as a piece of rug, for claim purposes. During the cleanup process, keep receipts for all of your supplies and any services that you hire. Even motel bills for nights you can't stay in the house count.

SUMMARY:
Call your insurance agent. Make a list. Keep all of your receipts.