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If you like bloody revenge, a laconic, indefatigable hero, and miraculous, mystical happenings in the mythical Old West, then I think you'll share my opinion; "The Thousand Crimes of Ming Tsu" by Tom Lin kicks ass. [CW: sex, violence, drug use, racists]

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Disappointed with your 1st draft? Console yourself with this, from Thomas Edison:

"I was always afraid of things that worked the first time."






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Also:

"Writing is like heading our over the open sea in a small boat. It helps if you have a plan and a course laid out."
- John Gardner





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7 & 8

My stages:

1. Ideas & research – LOVE: Blue sky!

2. Outlining – LOVE: Big picture!

3. Rough Drafting – LOVE: Immersion & discovery!

4. Notes & feedback – LOVE: Unexpected revelations!

5. Editing & rewriting – LIKE: Fine tuning

6. Agent & publisher, and/or distribution & marketing – ACCEPT: Reality


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"We figured out there were only three kinds of scenes in the world -- fights, seductions, and negotiations."
Mike Nichols on wisdom acquired writing & performing with comic genius Elaine May.
I haven't found any others yet!



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Great advice (for a ) from James Thurber:
Don't get it right, just get it written.
Frame is Combination Border No. 119 from Book of Specimens byBarnhart, Bros. & Spindler, Chicago, pub. 1907
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