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The simplest way to clarify your thinking is to write a full page about whatever you are dealing with and then delete everything except the 1-2 sentences that explain it best."
3-2-1: On Creating the Conditions for Joy, How to Go to Hell, and the Simple Way to Clarify Your Thinking
James Clear
The fact that the story is true of course does not relieve the novelist of the responsibility of making the characters and events convincing. Second by second we ask, "Would a mother really say that?" "Would a child really think that?" and if the novelist has done his work well we cannot help answering, "Yes." If he has done his work badly, on the other hand, the reader feels unconvinced even when the writer presents events he actually witnessed in life.
The Art of Fiction
John Gardner
Inspired by the curiosity and whimsy with which I approached trail running, I started to take the same approach with advertising and video production — treating it as a niche world to explore versus a test to pass.
My Career Was Crashing Out. Then I Found Trail Running.
I Used to Think Hobbies Were for Losers. Then I Built My Life Around One.
Catherine LeClair
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