Today thousands of aspiring authors are submitting articles and stories to social media sites like Instagram and Reddit- and there are millions of us who want to write a book but just haven't been able to make that leap for a variety of reasons. We spoke with journalist/author Veronica Hinke, who wrote The Last Night On The Titanic- Unsinkable Drinking, Dining and Style on the subject of mastering storytelling Sometimes its as easy as finding your own Popcorn Dan.

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