"If making up stories is all people can do to keep us down then I think it is pitiful, " he said.

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Because since I was a child, I have been making up stories in my head that I am someone else, somewhere else.

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Avoid making up products or stories -- keeping it real helps us see how you might handle an actual news item.

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Becoming aware of the stories we are making up and what their impact is on us enables our self awareness to grow.

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