I think its brainstorm,and 2 more things i may be wrong though.
We need to know what the narrative said to answer
I'd choose this dialogue to revise your sentence:
<span>“Did you hear?” I asked them. “My painting got selected! Exciting, right?” I smiled. “Especially given that I felt so incompetent at the beginning and that the competition was ruthless!”
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It feels like the option that best uses the dialogue to improve this sentence, because the other options are either too informal or just the same sentence as the original one.
The New Deal Programs supported artists and writers in the 1930s by giving them money.
Franklin Delano Roosevelt's New Deal cultural programs marked the U.S. government's first big, direct investment in cultural development.
Some people just react in a disrespectful way. When people are disrespectful, you just have to pause, take a breath, and be nice to them. As people say “kill em with kindness”. You know you’re doing the right thing by being nice. Ignore them disrespectful people cause they’re not worth your time:-)
