Antier offers help on creating characters.

No Mary Sues or Gary Stus. No violet or color-changing eyes. No unrealistic names. No characters built for the sole purpose of wish fulfillment.

These rules are easy. You know them, you know what you don't like. But how easy is it to create a deep character, full of passion and realism, a character who grabs the reader's sympathy and won't let go?

It's not easy. So here are three steps to take to check if you've got a solid character.

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Theallywa reveals the harmful effects of the Cinnamon Challenge.

How can it be that a seemingly innocent kitchen ingredient, could lead to injury and death? All across the world adults and children are doing what is called the Cinnamon Challenge. The Challenge consists of someone being dared to swallow a spoonful of cinnamon without drinking any type of liquids in 60 seconds.

This dare is getting largely popular because of Internet videos. The game was invented in 2000, but took of in 2011-2012. There are more than 30,000 videos tagged with The Cinnamon Challenge. Now, what makes cinnamon so harmful and why do people participate anyway?

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