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Human beings are storytelling animals. That's what separates us from other creatures, not just having thumbs or using tools.
It is the nature of stories to leave out far more than they include.
So much longing.
So many lives
filled
with longing.
It's what stories―
all our stories―
are made of.
And what is longing
made of
except hope?
I have never met a bigot who was a reader as a child. (ix)
Never think of revising as fixing something that is wrong. That starts you off in a negative frame of mind. Rather think of it as an opportunity to improve something you already love.
I was an adult before I began to learn that there is a difference between a conversation and an argument.
Where do storytellers find the wisdom to discover their own stories? From no place more mysterious than their own hearts.
I grew up in a small town with a very small library. But the books in the library opened a large place in my heart. It is the place where stories live. And those stories have been informing my days, comforting my nights, and extending possibilities ever since. If that library had not been there, if the books - such as they were - had not been free, my world would be poor, even today.
My experience as a fiction writer tells me that the deeper I look into myself, the more universal is the experience I find there.
We writers can use our own longing - and frequently do - without ever having to understand or analyze it. That is why our stories are often wiser than we are.
