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Becoming Beautiful
  • Chapter 1

  • Profile Picture of Mom in Becoming Beautiful

    Mom

    “Mom, I didn’t mean to say that she was ugly… I mean, I just wanted her to be realistic about her chances.

  • I love her just the way she is.

  • She is beautiful in her own way.”

  • Britteny

    Despite my attempts to explain the situation, the look on my mother’s face didn’t change one bit:

    Profile Picture of Britteny in Becoming Beautiful
  • disappointment and hurt mixed with a healthy tinge of anger.

  • Profile Picture of Mom in Becoming Beautiful

    Mom

    “We raised you better than that, Brittney.

  • You’re Beauti’s best friend.

  • You’re the last person she expected to hear those words from.”

  • Profile Picture of Britteny in Becoming Beautiful

    Britteny

    “I’m sorry.

  • I can go over there and apologize.”

  • Profile Picture of Mom in Becoming Beautiful

    Mom

    “Oh, you bet you will, young lady.

  • That’s the least you can do.

  • And apologize to her mother, too.

  • You should have heard the pain in her voice when she called me.”

  • Britteny

    Once again, I was misunderstood.

    Profile Picture of Britteny in Becoming Beautiful
  • I thought friends were honest with each other.

  • Beauti didn’t act like anything I said had hurt her.

  • Britteny

    She had just shrugged and kept looking at her phone.

    Profile Picture of Britteny in Becoming Beautiful
  • Beauti was the type of person who never said anything bad about anyone.

Welcome to Literal!

Books on Literal are a little different, they look like a group chat. Characters have profile pictures and each sentence becomes a chat bubble.

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Speaking Character

Reading

There are 4 different ways to experience reading: Auto Play, Audio Support, Tap To Read, and Free Scroll.

Tap “Next” to learn more.

Auto Play

Auto Play is the default reading mode. With Auto Play, text message bubbles load automatically.

You can play, pause, or skip forward at any time.

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Audio Reader

Turning on Audio Reader adds unique audio voices for each character. Just like with Auto Play, each bubble loads automatically.

Tap the speaker icon in the control bar to turn enable Audio Support.

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Tap to Read

If you want to control when every bubble appears, simply tap the skip forward icon. Doing so will automatically pause Auto Play or Audio Reader.

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Free Scroll

At any time you can scroll/swipe. We’ll automatically pause Auto Play or Audio Reader if you scroll/swipe while either are playing.