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How to foreshadow? Like a big thing is going to be revelation after few chapters so how can I drop subtle hints about it? Lots of love 💗

Foreshadowing Creatively

If you are trying to build up towards the 'big moment' throughout a few prior chapters,

Let's assume that we want to reveal the the fact that Character A's husband is cheating on her. The big moment here would be when she witnesses them kissing in the parking lot.

To drop subtle hints about it, we could:

Have the husband doing things that are just slightly out of the ordinary, but not enough to attract serious suspicion: taking call outside the bedroom, being more tired after work than usual

Insert direct evidence that Character A could've picked up on, but she doesn't because she thinks it's ridiculous to start having doubts.

Use symbolic motifs. The husband informs her that he lost is wedding ring - a complete accident. But this indicates a 'break' of their marriage vows.

Similarly, you can use color/animal/location that subtly hints at secrecy, infidelity and dishonesty.

It may even be enough to have seemingly unrelated bad things happen to her. Maybe she cuts her finger while prepping dinner for her husband, or suddenly starts feeling that their bed is uncomforatble to sleep in. There's no logical link between these details and the eventual realization, but the mood gets established.

Think about the big moment from two different points of view: someone who knows about it all along, and someone who doesn't. How would it look from an outsider's POV?

I find it helpful to think about howI tried to justify the bad events that has happened to me.

For example, I messed up on a math test. The logical reason for this was that I didn't study enough. But my brain would: - blame it on the weather: it was raining! And I hate rain! - the supervising teacher, Mrs. G, was my least favorite and that had affected my mood. - I always eat an even number of chocolate before tests, but I could only eat 3 that morning because that's all that I had left. - the bus came late

Drive your character's mood slowly towards the revelation. If it's an emotional one, I'd say the atmospheric/symbolic elements would be more important; if it's puzzle pieces finally clicking in place, you could provide a brief overview of how past events are finally put together by your main character at the end.

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How do you make it so that the reader knows it’s the next day, I keep using “the next day,” or “the next morning,” and it just sounds repetitive.

Hi! Thanks for the question. Here are some other ways you can convey time passing in the story:

When I sat up from bed, the sun was shining through the split between the curtains

The 7 o'clock alarm startled me out of bed

Finally, it was the day of the competition (or any other event, if it has been anticipated eariler in the story)

The following day was was as tiring...

My journey began the day after. The morning breeze was cool on my sunken cheeks...

You can try description the things that indicates mornings - bird chirping, the sunlight on your eyes, alarms, clock hands, smell of breakfast toast, etc.

Alternatively, you can indicate the timing of events before, and just omit it when you actually talk about the action, for example:

"Alright," I said. "See you tomorrow morning, then." "Okay." He agreed. --- He came with a huge duffle bag slung across his body, dark bags sagging under his eyes. "Hey," he said. > it's clear from the use of line break + the conversation before that they've met up the next morning.

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Hello!! <3 may I ask what is outlining? and how do you do it? Thanks!!

Outlining is the process of listing the general progress of your story/ laying out the plot points before your start writing. Outlining will help you be focused on the major plot line(s) to get to the ending of the story.

There are many outlining frameworks you can use. I've listed some popular ones here:

The 3 Act Structure

15 Beats from <Save the Cat!>

The Fretag Pyramid

9-Step Plot Dot

Happy writing:)

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I'm trying to write a character reacting to another Character’s death, but it's getting too cringey.

Can you help?

Reacting to Death

I don't like writing reaction beats myself, I'd usually keep the inititial "reaction scene" short, but show how the character slips into thining about the dead person time to time.

Another reason why your scene may sound "cringey" might be because the overall personality of your character doesn't match the kind of reaction they would have. Not everyone has to break down sobbing the second they get the news.

The Initial Reaction

There can be so many reactions to the news that someone is dead:

immediately breaking down and sobbing

Freezing on the spot + being unable to hear/react to others around them

Feeling like the ground below them has opened up

Complete disbelief + asking the same question over and over again

Calmly noting down what they should be doing next because they feel like they'll break if they don't keep moving forward

Being angry at others around them + the world in general

Taking quick, shallow breaths / forgetting to breathe

Feeling cold all over

You can try picking 1-2 of these and keep the scene powerful and short. If this is a POV character, you can:

Subsequent Path of Recovery (or not)

Arguably, I would say that how you choose to take your character back to the death after the initial realization is more important.

Show how everyday things like a certain object, people with similar hairstyles, certain places and even weather, makes the character think about the dead.

Describe how the character eats less/ finds things less funny, etc.

Describe the character's internal desire to talk about the dead person, or wish to avoid any conversation that even remotely reminds them of the dead person.

"If [dead person] were here, they would've [done this]"

"I could still feel her smile at the back of my mind."

The key here would be to keep these "sorrow" beats short and sudden. You can show how the death impacts the choices your character makes, e.g. "The shopkeeper's wavy hair reminds me of my mother, so I follow her, chasing a ghost of my mother that wasn't really there."

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What are some suggestions/plotting/planning ideas you have for plotting out your story and characters before you write it?

My Plotting/Character Development Process

Honestly, I don't do much character work before I start writing a first draft. I always feel like my characters do what they want anyway, so I'd come up with a brief character profile (like age, nationality, major likes and dislikes,etc) and let myself figure them out on the way.

Here's a brief breakdown of my plotting process:

Come up with a logline, usually using the format: When [something] happens, [MC] must [do this] in order to [achieve this]

Expand the loglin into a 500-700 word summary

Take the summary and divide it up to the 15 beats of a story from by Blake Synder. You can use any other plotting structure, at least breaking it up into the three acts.

Make some notes about scenes/dialogue if it comes to mind

Start writing the first draft.

Other things I would do:

Dedicate a physical notebook for diagrams/notes/scribbles for the story.

Talk to others about the story

I'm somewhat in between a plotter and panster, but I would have a clear ending in mind.

And a list of questions I use for character profiles (I won't try to answer all of them before I start, just pick and choose):

Name

Age

Height

Eye Color

Physical Appearance

Strange or unique physical attributes

Favorite clothing style

Where do they live? What is it like there?

Defining gestures/movements

Things about their appearance they would most like to change

Speaking style

pet peeves

fondest memory

hobbies and interests

special skills

insecurities

quirks and eccentricities

temperament

negative traits

things that upset them

things that embarrass them

this character is highly opinionated about

any phobias?

things that make them happy

family

deepest, darkest secret

reason they kept this secret for so long

other people’ opinions of this character

favorite bands/songs/type of music

favorite movies

favorite TV shows

Favorite books

Favorite sports/sports teams

Political views

Religion/philosophy of life

Physical health

Dream vacation

Description of their home

Description of where they sleep

Any pets?

Best thing that has ever happened to this character

Worst thing that has ever happened to their character

Superstitions

Three words to describe this character

If a song played every time this character walked to the room, what would it be?

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I woke up from my 2 hour nap, haunted by a dream:

I was climbing a mountain with my mother.

As we stroll along the uncovered path, I was pulling hair out of my throat as though my mouth was a shower gutter after three Rapunzels have used it.

I ask my mom if I eat hair in my sleep

My mom says yes, half-crying.

Now I just need to write a story about this because I don't feel rested at all.

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Latin Phrases of love

Latin: Words/Phrases of Love ⋆𐙚₊˚⊹♡

Thank you all for the attention that my Latin words/phrases lists are getting! (interesting latin phrases, soft-souning latin phrases)

Here are some Latin phrases regarding love:

aeger amore: love sick

aegra amans: [lover's disease] love sick

amo: I love

amor sui: self-love

amor habendi: love of possessing

animo fractus: heartbroken

caritas: love or charity

cupido: longing or desire

cum corde: with the heart

digitulus: [little finger] the touch of a finger

digitus auricularis: the ring finger

imo pectore: from the bottom of the heart

in saecula saeculorum: [for ages of ages] forever and ever

philtrum: a love potion

potentia amoris: the power of love

vinculum matrimonii: th bond of marriage

vis amoris: the force of love

amo et pax: love and peace

amo ut ivenio: love as I find

amor et honor: love and honor

amor gignit amorem: ove begins as love

amor amnibus idem: love is the ame in all (Virgil)

amor tussisque non celantur: love and a cough are not concealed (Ovid)

amor vincit omnia: love conquers all things

amore sitis uniti: be united in love

cedamus amori: let us yield to love

cor ad cor loquitor: heart speaks to heart

cor et manus: heart and hand

cras amet qui numquam amavit: let those love now, who never loved before (Catullus)

dulce periculum: sweet danger

fide et amore: by faith and love

fortis est ut mors dilectio: love is strong as death (Song of Solomon 8:6)

in omnibus caritas: in all things love

meminerunt omnia amantes: lovers remember everything (Ovid)

nihil amori injuriam est: there is no wrong that love will not forgive

nihil amanti durum: nothing is hard for one who loves

nihil esta more veritatis celsus: nothing is loftier than the lover of truth (Propertius)

non mihi, non tibi, sed nobis: not for you, not for me, but for us

redintegratio amoris: the renewal of love

serva jugum: [preserve the yoke] preserve the bond of love

si vis amari ama: if you ant to be loved, then love (Seneca)

ut ameris, amabilis esto: to receive love, be lovable (Ovid)

...and because ruined love is also love:

a vinculo matrimonii: [from the bonds of marriage] an absolute divorce

aurear compedes: golden shackles

corpus inane: body without a soul

succubus: a female spirit or demon believed to prey sexually on young men while they sleep

zelotypus: jealousy

expertus dico, nemo est in amore fidelis: I say as an expert, no one is faithful in love (Propertius - I wonder what this man had to go through to say this?)

neno in amore videt: no one in love sees (Propertius - seriously, what happened, Propertius?)

omnis amans amens: every lover is demented

res est solliciti plena timoris amor: love is full of axious fears (Ovid)

As always, happy writing.

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Reference: Latin for the Illiterati: a modern guide to an ancient language by Jon R. Stone, second edition 2009.

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Therefore, However, Meanwhile.

An important characteristics of plot is that events must be connect to the next one seamlessly and logically. The three types of relationships between events must be either:

Therefore (a cause-effect relationship)

However (something that the readers don't expect)

Meanwhile (meaningful connection between two different scenes/subplots)

It should never be:

And.

While having multiple episodes to show character and build atmosphere is great, a story must be weaved in a way that the readers are introduced to a chain of plot-driven episodes. That way, your narrative will both flow better and capture the attention of the reader.

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Soft-Feeling Latin Words & Phrases

Another list of Latin phrases, this time with soft/warm meanings. It is 2:39am as I make this list.

a te pro te: from thee for thee

ab imo pectore: from the bottom of the heart

volat hora per orbem: time files through the world

coelum versus: heavenward

concubia nocte: at dead of night

crepusculum: twilight or dusk

crescens luna: a cresent moon

cum corde: with the heart

labores solis: an eclipse of the sun

in horam viviere: to live for the moment

in rerum natura: in the nature of things

in tuto esse: in a safe place

ingens aequor: the vast ocean

inter vivos: among the living

januae mentis: inlets of knowledge

jenuis clausis: in secret, with closed doors

littera scripta manet: the written letter remains

lux mundi: light of the world

lux vitae: light of life

meo voto: by my wish

mox nox: soon night

multis cum lacrimis: with many tears

ningit: it is snowing

occidui temporis umbra: a shadow at sunset

opinio vana: an illusion

osculum pacis: kiss of peace

papilio: butterfly

par pari refero: tit for tat

per vian dolorosam: the way of sorrows

philtrum: a love potion

pluvia: rain

res rustica: a rural affair

ros marinus: rosemary

semel et semper: once and always

silva: wood or forest

sinus urbis: heart of the city

As always, happy writing!

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Reference: Latin for the Illiterati: a modern guide to an ancient language by Jon R. Stone, second edition 2009.

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hello! i'm trying to write a manipulative/cunning character that uses his charm to get what he wants, but i'm unsure how to go about it without being too overt. he basically acts all polite and uses peoples' inherent biases (like how they are more likely to listen to or trust someone who's conventionally attractive)

i'm also struggling to come up with instances where he'd use those skills. i have an example from another story, but that'd make this ask long, so i'll give it if necessary

thank you for your time!

Writing a Cunning Character

I think the key to writing such a character would be to show how aware he is of the subtle reactions of others, and purposefully saying/doing things knowing fully well that there is plenty of room for misinterpretation.

For example:

He takes note of a waitress tucking her hair behind her ears and staring at him, and he smiles and calls her over specifically to order. Maybe she ends up giving him a free brownie.

When he sees someone debating whether they should accept his offer or not, he purposefully reaches across the desk to let his Rolex flash in the line of their sight, showing off his wealth.

You can show him carefully noting such details, in situations where he wants something out of the other person, like a job or money or a one-night stand...whatever it is. Maybe he uses his charm to cheat people out of their money or to get them to obey ridiculous orders because he just likes the sensation of exerting control over someone.

If you're writing from the cunning character's 1st person POV, you can insert little mental notes that he makes to himself. Perhaps he smiles internally at how easy the other person is, or is even proud of himself for a particularly manipulative move.

If you're writing 3rd person, it would be enough to write (1) the manipulative action/diagloue and (2) the corresponding result right next to each other to imply what's going on.

example: He reached across the desk for the cup, and their knuckles brushed briefly. A pair of dimples flashed as he smiled with all of his face. She swallowed; and nodded. "Alright."

Hope this helps! As always, happy writing.

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How to start conflict between two characters who are already getting along?

Writing the Seeds of Conflict

I see two characters falling apart happening in two broad categories:

Something highly offensive/shocking happens between them that ruins their relationship quickly and significantly.

The buildup is slow, one misunderstanding/happening being layered on top of each other before one or more of them snaps.

Some ideas for the first option:

Character A violates a rule that they have agreed to. e.g.) They agreed to not date each other's siblings, but Character A admits that he is in love with Character B's sister.

The two of them face an unusual situation that directly challenges their loyalty to one another. e.g.) The two get trapped in a haunted house and Character A decides to make a run for it..alone. Character B is reasonably displeased.

They're pitted against each other in competition, which both of them are desperate to win. e.g.) They become the two finalists in an important job promotion.

Character A has worked hard for something (winning a sports cup, valedictorian) which Character B gets instead with little effort.

Alternatively, you can start off with a break-out scene where Character A directly declares to Character B that they don't want to be friends anymore -- and Character B is left to figure out on their own what might have happened...

Some ideas for the second option:

Character A have had feelings for Character B, and something small triggers them to be uncomfortable around them now.

Their interests start to diverge, and they no longer feel their relationship is interesting. This arc is commonly explored in YA where teenagers who were once besties develop diverging interests and start hanging out with new groups.

Character A becomes busy and the amount of attention they give to Character B lessens, which Character B doesn't like but can't really say anything about.

The preexisting power balance gets too much. Character A has always looked down on Character B and the little condescending comments, etc., makes the relationship snap eventually.

Hope this helps! As always, happy writing.

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You got any fancier words for 'said'?

Check out my previous post here! : said is dead

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Hi! This is super specific but how would I introduce my main character with amnesia? It's so hard to write bc I want my book to be from her pov, but she can only get her name from outside sources. And the book starts off kinda traumatic

Writing a POV Character with Memory Problems

If your character is experiencing amnesia due to a traumatic event/accident, you can allude to it as "that day", "accident" or "event" early on and let your readers pick up on the pieces of memory that may come back to her or derive what happened from snippets of information provided by other characters.

Her are some ways you could introduce the main character in the opening scene:

Show her frustration at not being able to remember: When I woke up from a hospital bed, I didn't remember. What I was supposed to remember, I couldn't remember.

Let someone else call her name: "Susan!" A shrill voice said. Susan? Who's that, I wondered.

It can be a little retrospective: According to the stout woman crying next to my hospital bed, my name was Susan and she was my mother of twenty-one years.

Or, she can be in denial and lash out to those around her: "Look, just leave me alone! I want to go home!" "You are home!" someone screamed in the background. I swerved around to him, but I didn't know who he was.

If your main character has somewhat accepted the situation and is trying to get better, you can show how she develops new habits due to her amnesia, like taking excessive notes or trying to get her loved ones to tell her what happened because they can't talk about it in front of her.

You can choose to start off with a traumatic snippet of memory and show her thoughts slowly slipping into confusion as she realizes that she cannot remember much about herself: The dark, black shadow towered over me, choking and screaming. I vaguely sensed he was calling a name, my name, but panic seized me in a tight fist that I couldn't recall my own name. God, what was it? Who was I? Just as the man drove a knife into my left breast, my eyes snapped open to a clean, white ceiling.

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this is a little hyper specific lmao but i was wondering if you have any advice on writing a pov character being mysterious? tyyy

Writing A Mysterious POV Character

Thanks for the question!

Here are some characteristics that I think makes a POV character "mysterious"

The reader is not meant to understand everything the POV character says, describes or alludes to.

The POV character actively holds off information from the readers either because (1) it's hard for them to talk about it or (2) they don't think it's important, somehow.

They reconstruct the narrative in the way they perceive it, not following the chronological order of events and often providing piecemeal information that only (if ever) comes together at the end.

The POV character simply has a wholly different perspective that a human reader will have difficulties understanding (i.e. story told from an animal or alien's POV)

I think the best way to portray this is to provide examples, which I think qualify as mysterious narrators. Note that not all mysterious narrators are unreliable narrators, although they could be. Here are the selected narrators and a few extracts for illustration purposes, divided by loosely defined subcategories (there can be overlaps!):

Incomprehensive Jargon & Allusions

Given that you can do this without boring or genuinely pissing off the reader, using lots of jargon, making allusions to things your target audience will probably not know to create atmosphere can be effective.

I recommend having a strong thematic core to justify all that jargon and reference, though.

Richard Papen from <The Secret History> by Donna Tartt

The characters talk and make references to Greek/the Classics. Arguably, it is not "incomprehensible", but the entire book is tirelessly full of them and unless you are a scholar in a related field, very unlikely to know all the Greek/ancient works being referenced all the time.

by M.L.Rio

Interesting style where the characters talk and even think in Shakespeare. They literally quote lines from Shakespeare to talk to each other. Not as difficult to follow as <The Secret History>, given that these are q famous plays (Hamlet, Macbeth, etc.) but it certainly adds well to the mystery at the heart of the book's plot.

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Witholding Information

Have your narrator subtely refer to a large event in their past (a murder, a traumatic memory, etc) but never telling the reader upfront, making them only make implied guesses.

The only reservation I would have for this option is to not annoy the reader by letting them know the narrator has information, but is somehow not telling them. It would help to have a clear reason for them to not talk about it: e.g. they haven't accepted the past themselves, they're too scared to talk about it, etc.

by Eliza Clark

In here, the narrator has killed someone in the past - a fact that only becomes kind of clear at the end. Even then, the murder is never referenced because this narrator has some serious mental issues, but when you look back with this knowledge at the end of the book, her behavior starts making more sense.

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Reconstructing the Narrative

Don't go in chronological order. Use time skips, or invent a new system for the narrator to arrange their memories and thus, retell the story. This gives the narrator power over the narrative because they've seen the whole thing play out, but the readers are getting bits and pieces, trying to get the puzzle pieces to fall together.

Other options:

POV character has amnesia

POV character has dementia

Using narrative interruptions that are in a completely different style (can work for 3rd person, look at Olivie Blake's work referenced below)

Olivie Black's <Alone With You in the Ether>

Using screenplay-like interruptions to the narrative that limits the reader's access to the characters' minds. Also creates interesting tone.

Kim Youngha's <Diary of the Murderer>

[I don't have pictures for this because I only have the Korean version....but really worth mentioning]

Here, the narrator has dementia and cannot fully remember the murders he has committed in the past. He is also an unreliable narrator who can only remember things in bits and pieces - thus the typical chronological order is interrupted.

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"Non-Human" Perspectives

Give yourself a narrator that is not human, or is "dehumanized" in some way (lack of emotion, inability to relate to others, etc.) to view the entire world from a perspective not often experienced by the average human.

Death as a narrator from <The Book Thief> by Marcus Zusak.

Zusak inserts these little "pronouncements" or "interruptions" to the narrative and the calm but transcending tone constantly raises questions.

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Do note that the overall tone of the novel contributes significantly to how the narrator comes across to the readers. Many of the works above also deal with "reality vs. unreality" as a theme, which is augmented by the use of a mysterious narrator that prompts the reader to challenge

Hope this helps, Happy writing :)

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What's Your Favorite Time to Write?

Posting this after working on a story outline between 2-4:00AM.

+ Any other crazy student writer who stays up to write the night before their exam --

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This seems highly helpful - gonna hop onto z library haha

https://z-lib.io/book/14417936

https://pdfroom.com/books/the-negative-trait-thesaurus-a-writers-guide-to-character-flaws/jGk208lR2pm

https://pdfroom.com/books/the-emotion-thesaurus-a-writers-guide-to-character-expression/QEBgjMzGdoN

If you guys are like me, and you struggle a little with describing locations, can I suggest…

as a lifesaver.

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List of Interesting Latin Phrases

A list I made just to satisfy my vain cravings for resonating mottos for a secret society I'm working on. Enjoy!

abi in malam crucem: to the devil with you!

ad astra per ardua: to the star by steep paths

ad augusta per angusta: to honors through difficulties

aegis fortissima virtus: virue is the strongest shield

amor vincit amnia: love conquers all things

animo et fide: by courage and faith

arbitrium est judicium: an award is a judgement

aut mors aut victoria: either death or victory

aut vincere aut mori: either victory or death

bello ac pace paratus: prepared in war and peace

bibamus, moriendum est: let us drink, death is certain (Seneca and Elder)

bonis omnia bona: all things are good to the good

cede nullis: yield to no one

cito maturum, cito putridum: soon ripe, soon rotten

consensus facit legem: consent makes law

data fata secutus: following what is decreed by fate (Virgil)

durum telum necessitas: necessity is a hrad weapson

dux vitae ratio: reason is the guide of life

e fungis nati homines: men born of mushrooms

ego sum, ergo omnia sunt: I am, therefore all things are

pulvis et umbra sumus: we are but dust and shadow

quae amissa salva: things lost are safe

timor mortis morte pejor: the fear of death is worse than death

triumpho morte tam vita: I triumph in death as in life

tu vincula frange: break your chains

vel prece vel pretio: for either love or for money

verbera, sed audi: whip me, but hear me

veritas temporis filia: truth is the daughter of time

vero nihil verius: nothing is truer than the truth

vestigia nulla restrorsum: foosteps do not go backward

victus vincimus: conquered, we conquer (Plautus)

sica inimicis: a gger to his enemies

sic vita humana: thus is human life

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Reference: <Latin for the Illiterati: a modern guide to an ancient language> by Jon R. Stone, second edition, 2009