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A man can be in two different places and he will be two different men. Maybe if you think of more places he will be more men, but two is enough for now.
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Don't go into great detail describing places and things, unless you're Margaret Atwood and can paint scenes with language. You don't want descriptions that bring the action, the flow of the story, to a standstill.
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These are rules I've picked up along the way to help me remain invisible when I'm writing a book, to help me show rather than tell what's taking place in the story,
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I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.
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October 11, 1925
Died:
August 20, 2013
(aged 87)
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