“Novels are like paintings, specifically watercolors. Every stroke you put down you have to go with. Of course, you can rewrite, but the original strokes are still there in the texture of the thing.”
~ Joan Didion
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A Pondering Mind 
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I’ve never thought about the process of writing fiction in quite this way before.
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Me neither. Then there’s William S. Burroughs one way of writing, is to take a walk, observe everything you see, and go home and form your ideas from the events, people, etc., etc.
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No elaborate plot outlines and character bios for him, eh?
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