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“There is difficulty involved in going from the basic sentence that’s headed in the right direction to making a fine sentence. But it’s a joyous task. It’s hard, but it’s joyous. Being raised rural, I think work is its own satisfaction. It’s not seen as onerous, or a dreadful fate. It’s like building a mill …

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“We think in generalities, but we live in detail.” — Alfred North Whitehead, http://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Alfred_North_Whitehead We think in generalities, but we…

Any writer who has difficulty in writing is probably not onto his true subject, but wasting time with false, petty goals; as soon as you connect with your true subject you will write. JOYCE CAROL OATES Find Your True Subject

Whether a story is told on the page or on the screen, the same elements are required. You’ve got to have characters you can identify with, and there’d better be trouble brewing somewhere. Whatever these people’s lives have been before, they’re about to change in a big way. That’s what stories are all about. JENNY …

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Characters

Sometimes you have to stop worrying, wondering, and doubting. Have faith that things will work out, maybe not how you planned, but just how it’s meant to be.

The hardest part about growing is letting go of what you were used to, and moving on with something you’re not.