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Aspiring novelists, thinking of paying tens of thousands of dollars for a demanding MFA program and honing your craft in impoverished obscurity for years? Don't bother, just do like Lauren Conrad and display your dazzling intellect and facility for language by, like, staring blankly into space and squeezing out a tear when there's, like, so much drama between Lo and Audrina. And, bingo, a three book deal will be yours! [People]