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Do Be Kind To Yourself. Fill Pages As Quickly As Possible; Double Space, Or Write On Every Second Line. Regard Every New Page As A Small Triumph. Until You Get To Page 50. Then Calm Down, And Start Worrying About The Quality. Do Feel Anxiety - It's The Job.

No Matter How Close To Personal Experience A Story Might Be, Inevitably You Are Going To Get To A Part That Isn't Yours And, Actually, Whether It Happened Or Not Becomes Irrelevant. It Is All About Choosing The Right Words.

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I Tend To Plan As I Write. And I Want To Leave Myself Open And The Character Open To Keep On Going Until It Seems To Be The Time To Stop.

Some Of The People Who Look The Most Normal Are Probably The Maddest People Trying To Look Normal.