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g_alex_ylovestoreadPeople talk about this a lot, but I hope this will be helpful! <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writers</a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/writersblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersblock</a> <a href="https://bookstodon.com/tags/creativetoot" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#creativetoot</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://www.purposefulprose.org/post/writer-s-block-what-it-is-and-what-it-can-be-instead" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.purposefulprose.org/post/writer-s-block-what-it-is-and-what-it-can-be-instead</a>

River J. HopkinsI wrote several sentences today.Any progress is progress.<a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersBlock</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersLife</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a>

Kent Pitmanheaped wads of paper poetry shunning foul truth bring a better world<a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WritersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersBlock</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/haiku" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#haiku</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/senryu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#senryu</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/poem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poem</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/ShortPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortPoem</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmallPoem" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallPoem</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/SmallPoems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SmallPoems</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://climatejustice.social/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writers</a>

Ashley HalliwellSo I actually wrote a bit of Third Prophecy yesterday..I think I might be getting back into the swing of fiction again. Oh no.-Allēna <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://opensorceryy.co/tag/amwriting/" target="_blank">#amWriting</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://opensorceryy.co/tag/author/" target="_blank">#author</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://opensorceryy.co/tag/fiction/" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" class="hashtag u-tag u-category" href="https://opensorceryy.co/tag/writersblock/" target="_blank">#writersblock</a>

S. Z. Attwell ☕️💻I just want to say, readers, thank you so much for your patience. ❤️ I’ve had years of writer’s block. But I’ve had a breakthrough, thank God, like a major one, and I have some gems here that I’m slowly and carefully extracting. It’s not about perfectionism, it’s about doing justice to the story and the subject. I will eventually give you the books you’ve been waiting for, God willing. <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://writing.exchange/tags/WritersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersBlock</a>

Kiki incarnateI can’t think of my writing as a commodity—though that’s how modern society teaches us to see it. It’s something we produce and other people consume. No. That’s wrong. That can lead to <a href="https://turtleisland.social/tags/writersblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersblock</a> because it focuses on what others want. I can’t write to the market. All I can do is offer up the thoughts coming from my heart/mind and trust that the people who resonate with them will find me.

GilgwathI think I'm done piecing together the most important bits of my <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/kubernetes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kubernetes</a> cluster and created a set of <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ansible" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ansible</a> roles. Now it's time to actually provision the cluster in staging and see how it runs on the real hardware. But I kind of feel blocked. I'm done with a big chunk of work, and now I'm hesitant to take the next step. Is that the <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/itc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#itc</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/engineer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#engineer</a> version of <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/writersblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersblock</a> ? <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/k8s" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#k8s</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/automation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#automation</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/infrastructureascode" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#infrastructureascode</a> <a href="https://social.tchncs.de/tags/ias" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ias</a>

Zuri (he/him) 🕐 CET<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WritersCoffeeClub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersCoffeeClub</a> NOV-30 As of now, how many stories have you written? How many more do you have planned?– on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/GayAuthors" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GayAuthors</a>, I've published 3 stories in English – on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Boypoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Boypoint</a>/ <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Queerpoint" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queerpoint</a>, I've published 6 stories in German – on <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/Wattpad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Wattpad</a>, I've published a short story, also in German – I also co-wrote a story for an advent calendar, in German as wellbefore that, I wrote more stuff, I never published. As of now, I'm stuck with <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/WritersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersBlock</a> for the forseeable future<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/amWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amWriting</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/ZuriStories" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ZuriStories</a>

Of Bookish ThingsSurrealist Definition Generator<a href="https://c.im/tags/Surrealism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Surrealism</a> is a literary and artistic movement that originated in the early 20th century. It is characterized by its use of <a href="https://c.im/tags/Dreamlike" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dreamlike</a> and <a href="https://c.im/tags/Fantastical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Fantastical</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Imagery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Imagery</a> to express the inner workings of the unconscious mind. As such, it can be a powerful tool for writers looking to break free from the constraints of traditional <a href="https://c.im/tags/Storytelling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Storytelling</a> and tap into their own <a href="https://c.im/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Creativity</a>.One way for a writer to access the surrealist mindset is by using our <a href="https://c.im/tags/SurrealistDefinitionGenerator" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SurrealistDefinitionGenerator</a>. This is a tool that randomly generates surrealist definitions for words and phrases.Once you find a surrealist definition that inspires you, you can use it as a jumping off point for your own <a href="https://c.im/tags/CreativeWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CreativeWriting</a>. You could use the definition as a basis for a <a href="https://c.im/tags/ShortStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ShortStory</a>, <a href="https://c.im/tags/Poetry" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Poetry</a>, or character or setting in a longer work of fiction.The <a href="https://c.im/tags/Surrealist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Surrealist</a> Definition Generator can be a valuable tool for writers looking to overcome <a href="https://c.im/tags/WritersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersBlock</a> and spark ideas. <a href="https://c.im/tags/Writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writing</a> <a href="https://c.im/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writers</a> <a href="https://www.languageisavirus.com/surrealist-definition-generator/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.languageisavirus.com/surrealist-definition-generator/</a>

IO (they/them)🏳️‍⚧️✨️Day 33 of staring at the document of my almost finished novella without adding a single word<a href="https://helvede.net/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Writer</a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/WritersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#WritersBlock</a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/Novella" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Novella</a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/Solarpunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#Solarpunk</a> <a href="https://helvede.net/tags/CreativeWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="tag">#CreativeWriting</a>

R. L. Dane :debian: :openbsd:WRITER'S BLOCK IDEA-FISHING:Ok, I haven't blogged in a while, so here we go:The first four serious ideas written in response to this toot will go into a poll that everyone will get to vote on, and WHATEVER idea wins the poll is what I will write on. (DONE)<a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/rlDaneWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rlDaneWriting</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blog" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blog</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/blost" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blost</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/WritersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersBlock</a>cc: my <a href="https://fosstodon.org/tags/chorus" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chorus</a>: <a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@amin" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@amin</a> <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@joel" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@joel</a> <a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@dm" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@dm</a> <a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@ivan" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ivan</a> <a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@sotolf" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@sotolf</a> <a href="https://alpha.polymaths.social/@thedoctor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@thedoctor</a>POLL HERE: <a href="https://fosstodon.org/@RL_Dane/112867676618951983" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://fosstodon.org/@RL_Dane/112867676618951983</a>

john rakestrawAnn Patchett: “If a person of any age picked up the cello for the first time and said, ‘I’ll be playing at Carnegie Hall next month!’ you would pity their delusion, yet beginning fiction writers all across the country polish up their best efforts and send them off to The New Yorker” (‘This is the story of a happy marriage,’ p. 28).Would that I had even a small bit of that courage (or audacity).<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/writersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersBlock</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/perfectionism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#perfectionism</a>

Lydia ConwellHas anyone ever defined what <a href="https://exile.social/tags/WritersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersBlock</a> actually is?Is it:I can't think of words to word something?OrI can't think what should happen next?OrNone of my ideas enthuse me?

Roonie the RabbitYou have to make magic happen. <a href="https://comics.town/tags/webcomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webcomic</a> <a href="https://comics.town/tags/animalcomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#animalcomic</a> <a href="https://comics.town/tags/artist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artist</a> <a href="https://comics.town/tags/creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#creativity</a> <a href="https://comics.town/tags/writersblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersblock</a> <a href="https://comics.town/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://comics.town/tags/bird" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bird</a> GET THESE BY EMAIL: <a href="https://rooniecomics.com/comics/the-muse-strikes/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=post&utm_content=rooniecomics" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://rooniecomics.com/comics/the-muse-strikes/?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=post&utm_content=rooniecomics</a>

Animated Short Of The DayClicking (2007) [5 min] by Albert Laine, Ville Korpela and Simo Ruotsalainen | <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Finland</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJWPkc-OoFU" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJWPkc-OoFU</a><a href="https://socel.net/tags/StopMotion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#StopMotion</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShort" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimatedShort</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/AnimatedShortOfTheDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AnimatedShortOfTheDay</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Animation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Animation</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writer</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/WritersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersBlock</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/Clicking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Clicking</a> <a href="https://socel.net/tags/TurkuArtsAcademy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TurkuArtsAcademy</a>

RuthanneThis is your permission to be excited.There is no such thing as “cringe.” It’s healthy and natural to be excited for what you make! Your work deserves that joy, and so do you. <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/CreateIt22" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CreateIt22</a> <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/artistsofmastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#artistsofmastodon</a> <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/creatives" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#creatives</a> <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/writersblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersblock</a> <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/cringe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cringe</a> <a href="https://creativewriting.social/tags/joy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#joy</a><a href="https://youtu.be/drXM-8Zrrc0" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://youtu.be/drXM-8Zrrc0</a>

Bryce DixonI have so much trouble <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> a character <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/narrative" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#narrative</a>; specifically getting started. I'm a fantastic editor - if someone has a story started and knows how it should end I have no problem filling in the middle or rephrasing what they already have to be more cohesive, more expressive/dense, feature stronger metaphors and symbolism, etc.I'm trying to think up some character arcs for a personal <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/gamedev" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gamedev</a> project and can't even think of names (I always think whatever names I come up with are corny 😅), but I know once I finally land on what the end should be I'll easily be able to work backwards to write the rest.Anyone else struggle with this? Any advice for someone struggling with typical <a href="https://peoplemaking.games/tags/writersblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersblock</a>?

Gareth SouthwellReview of "Writing on Both Sides of the Brain", by Henriette Anne Klauser over on Litsy:<a href="https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2615576" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2615576</a> Anyone else here on Litsy? It's a nice, algorithm free sort of Instagram for books. I'm here, if you want to connect there: <a href="https://www.litsy.com/web/user/GarethSouthwell" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.litsy.com/web/user/GarethSouthwell</a><a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://lemmy.ml/c/books" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@books</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/@ihatebooks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@ihatebooks</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://mastodonbooks.net/tags/writersblock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writersblock</a>

The Chaotic Good 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🖖It's sad to admit that I'm suffering some writers' block today. It's both frustrating and mildly depressing. How do you handle <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/WritersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersBlock</a>?

AnneTheWriterOne subject that keeps coming up in various writers' groups online is "writer's block." Over time, I've gathered up some of the best ideas from the replies to those posts, as well as adding in some others from my own reading of successful authors. I've put them all in this article. Whether you're trying to find new ideas or stuck in the middle of a story, there are solutions here for you. <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritingAdvice" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingAdvice</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritingTips" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingTips</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritersBlock" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersBlock</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritingCommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingCommunity</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritersLife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersLife</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Writers</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Creativity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Creativity</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/Ideas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Ideas</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/GeneratingIdeas" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GeneratingIdeas</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritingWednesday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingWednesday</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritingWednesdays" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritingWednesdays</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://universeodon.com/tags/WritersProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WritersProblems</a> <a href="https://annethewriter33.wordpress.com/2023/01/26/breaking-through-writers-block/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://annethewriter33.wordpress.com/2023/01/26/breaking-through-writers-block/</a>

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