The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting.
Sol Stein
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The novelist is like the conductor of an orchestra, his back to the audience, his face invisible, summoning the experience of music for the people he cannot see.
The novelist is like the
Our instinct as human beings is to provide answers, to ease tension. As writers our job is the opposite, to create tension and not dispel it immediately.