
  $('#discuss').html('<div class=\"discussWrapper\">\n  <div class=\"discussHeader open open\" data-id=\"discuss-header\" data-translate=\"discuss-header-664552\">\n    <div class=\"discussTab guided\">\n      <div class=\"text\">\n        <a rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson#discussion\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson/guided/discussions\">2 Guided Discussions<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"activeTab\">\n        \n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n    <div class=\"discussTab open active\">\n      <div class=\"text\">\n        <a rel=\"nofollow\" data-url=\"/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson#discussion-open\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson/open/discussions\">5 Open Discussions<\/a>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"activeTab\">\n        <div class=\"shape\"><\/div>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"discussBody open\" data-id=\"discuss-body\">\n    <div class=\"discussContent\">\n      <div class=\"oratorForm\" data-id=\"orator-discuss\">\n        <div class=\"oratorStart\">\n          <div class=\"oratorStartWrapper\" data-translate=\"start-discussion\"><a class=\"btn btn-red startDiscussion public\" rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"/session\">Start a Discussion<\/a>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"responses text scroll\" data-id=\"responses-body\">\n        <div class=\"response\" data-id=\"discussion-175337\">\n          <div class=\"responseWrapper\">\n            <div class=\"responsePadding\">\n              <div class=\"userImage\">\n                <img class=\"media-object right-padded\" alt=\"Avatar for Kindu Weerasinghe\" width=\"50\" height=\"50\" src=\"//teded.tedcdn.com/assets/avatars/contributor_small-d49176fc4c5f0b8e80b364d7d88a2137dd29ded5492179b7cf1113abac29093b.png\" />\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"userInfo\">\n                <div class=\"userTitle\">\n                  Kindu Weerasinghe\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div data-translate=\"discussion-titlebox-175337\">\n                <div class=\"title\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson/discussions/how-to-create-metaphors-and-contrasting-associations\">\n                            how to create metaphors and contrasting associations?<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"responseContent\">\n                  Whenever i find a metaphor or a contrasting association that I haven\'t heard before, I am filled with glee! but i am not at all good at creating them myself.  Does anyone have any advice on how to be skilled in this ? \n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              \n              <div class=\"toolset open\">\n                <div class=\"date stats\">\n                  <span>11/22/2015<\/span><span class=\"disc\">&nbsp;&#149;&nbsp;<\/span>\n                  <div class=\"count\">\n                    <span class=\"total\">&nbsp;3 Responses<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                  <span class=\"slash\">&nbsp;/&nbsp;<\/span><span><a href=\"https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson/discussions/how-to-create-metaphors-and-contrasting-associations\">3<\/a>&nbsp;Updates<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"join\" data-translate=\"view-discussion\">\n                  <a class=\"btn btn-xs btn-red\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-remote=\"true\" 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src=\"//teded.tedcdn.com/assets/avatars/contributor_small-d49176fc4c5f0b8e80b364d7d88a2137dd29ded5492179b7cf1113abac29093b.png\" /><\/a>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"userInfo\">\n                <div class=\"userTitle\">\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Himmah Witara Albasyar\" href=\"https://www.ted.com/profiles/4949671\">Himmah Witara Albasyar<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div data-translate=\"discussion-titlebox-180125\">\n                <div class=\"title\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson/discussions/how-to-mwrite-fiction-that-comes-alive\">\n                            how to mwrite fiction that comes alive<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"responseContent\">\n                  i think if we want to write a fiction , we must feeling that story what we write , write the feel , condition , explanation , give the problem of the story and give a conclusion , i think that its \n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              \n              <div class=\"toolset open\">\n                <div class=\"date stats\">\n                  <span>12/09/2015<\/span><span class=\"disc\">&nbsp;&#149;&nbsp;<\/span>\n                  <div class=\"count\">\n                    <span class=\"total\">&nbsp;3 Responses<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                  <span class=\"slash\">&nbsp;/&nbsp;<\/span><span><a href=\"https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson/discussions/how-to-mwrite-fiction-that-comes-alive\">3<\/a>&nbsp;Updates<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"join\" data-translate=\"view-discussion\">\n                  <a class=\"btn btn-xs btn-red\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-remote=\"true\" 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src=\"//teded.tedcdn.com/assets/avatars/contributor_small-d49176fc4c5f0b8e80b364d7d88a2137dd29ded5492179b7cf1113abac29093b.png\" /><\/a>\n              <\/div>\n              <div class=\"userInfo\">\n                <div class=\"userTitle\">\n                  <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title=\"Afianita Fatwa\" href=\"https://www.ted.com/profiles/4949733\">Afianita Fatwa<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div data-translate=\"discussion-titlebox-180127\">\n                <div class=\"title\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson/discussions/how-the-way-to-make-the-readers-interest-with-our-story-fiction\">\n                            How the way To make the readers interest with our story fiction?<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"responseContent\">\n                  I think to make my fiction story comes alive it need more creative idea and high imagination and then realize with easy languange that make the readers easy to understand and make them many conclude our story because the good writer can make the readers thinks many conclution\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              \n              <div class=\"toolset open\">\n                <div class=\"date stats\">\n                  <span>12/09/2015<\/span><span class=\"disc\">&nbsp;&#149;&nbsp;<\/span>\n                  <div class=\"count\">\n                    <span class=\"total\">&nbsp;3 Responses<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                  <span class=\"slash\">&nbsp;/&nbsp;<\/span><span><a href=\"https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson/discussions/how-the-way-to-make-the-readers-interest-with-our-story-fiction\">3<\/a>&nbsp;Updates<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"join\" data-translate=\"view-discussion\">\n                  <a class=\"btn 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class=\"toolset open\">\n                <div class=\"date stats\">\n                  <span>10/23/2020<\/span><span class=\"disc\">&nbsp;&#149;&nbsp;<\/span>\n                  <div class=\"count\">\n                    <span class=\"total\">&nbsp;0 Responses<\/span>\n                  <\/div>\n                  <span class=\"slash\">&nbsp;/&nbsp;<\/span><span><a href=\"https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson/discussions/how-can-metaphors-connect-with-the-reader\">0<\/a>&nbsp;Updates<\/span>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"join\" data-translate=\"view-discussion\">\n                  <a class=\"btn btn-xs btn-red\" rel=\"nofollow\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson/discussions/how-can-metaphors-connect-with-the-reader\">View discussion<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                <a class=\"login-required\" href=\"/session\"><div 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Khokhar\" href=\"https://www.ted.com/profiles/25086549\">Zain Khokhar<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              <div data-translate=\"discussion-titlebox-915787\">\n                <div class=\"title\"><a rel=\"nofollow\" data-remote=\"true\" href=\"https://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-to-write-fiction-that-comes-alive-nalo-hopkinson/discussions/observing\">\n                            Observing<\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"responseContent\">\n                  first we should observe that what is the subject that we have to make metaphor on and then we should observe the surroundings to create a metaphor\n                <\/div>\n              <\/div>\n              \n              <div class=\"toolset open\">\n                <div class=\"date stats\">\n                  <span>12/13/2020<\/span><span class=\"disc\">&nbsp;&#149;&nbsp;<\/span>\n                  <div class=\"count\">\n                    <span class=\"total\">&nbsp;0 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