I'm a storyteller, one who uses the written word to tell tales. I am not a professional essayist nor English professor. My grammar is not always perfect and my sentence structure not always correct. To me, what is most important, actually, all that is important, is the story.

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People mistake conflict and chaos as abnormal. I believe they are the normal state. The universe was created of chaos. Instead of trying to fight it, we must adapt. Our response to the conflicted chaos is important.

 

Chaos and conflict create the story. These concepts are what underlie, regardless of genre, all my stories." I write tales of those who wage daily battles within themselves. These stories are, at their core, about real people, not the social media fantasies we are now fed. Many relate, many suffer, many understand.

For every one person who overcomes their demons, there are hundreds, if not thousands, who do not. These are their stories... 

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Joe Leonardi