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Feathersight and Inspiration

One of my Beloved Sisters, a biologist, told me once that there are two kinds of people in this world: feather finders, and everyone else. She says feather finders cannot help themselves—they find feathers wherever they go. I don’t know if … Continue reading

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What’s Your Concept?

In his fabulous book, Story Engineering, Larry Brooks talks about the critical difference between an idea and a concept in a story.  If I may paraphrase, an idea is the spark of inspiration that comes from inside the writer’s head.  For … Continue reading

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