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Try To Think Of Writing As A Gift - More Complexly Put: It Is The Curse And The Cure.

Are There Books About Us Or Something?” This Makes Pressia Angry - The Idea That This World Is A Subject Of Study, A Story, Instead Of Filled With Real People, Trying To Survive.

The Poem Has To Bear The Weight With Image, Language... The Screenplay With Dialogue, Plot.

If You Look At The World One Way, It Takes From You - It's A Thief Of Time, Energy, Creative Mojo. But If You Look At The World Another Way, It Gives You An Endless Supply Of Motivation.

I Always Think I Know The Way A Novel Will Go. I Write Maps On Oversized Art Pads Like The Kind I Carried Around In College When I Was Earnest About Drawing. I Need To Have Some Idea Of The Shape Of The Novel, Where Its Headed, So That I Can Proceed With Confidence. But The Truth Is My Characters Start Doing And Saying Things I Don't Expect.