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Comfortable Crafting

“My mantra is ‘Get it down, then get it right.’ Things tend to gel for me as I write…voices, situations. It means a lot of revision down the line, but you can’t revise what isn’t there to begin with.” “If … Continue reading

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Steinbeck’s Six

“The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true.” “Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple … Continue reading

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Free Writing

“Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing down on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually an excuse for not going on.” John Steinbeck Well, John … Continue reading

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