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Planning a novel – 3

Planning a novel – 3

4. Words Beyond Words I was beginning to believe that stories were much more than just pleasant distractions. The best stories, the ones that stay with us, pointed to some reality outside of our own individual lives and experiences. They seemed to follow a logic of...
Planning a novel – 2

Planning a novel – 2

2. Remembering the Real The idea that we “remember” meaning rather than invent it might sound mystical — but that doesn’t necessarily mean it’s untrue. We’re taught that we are born as blank slates, and that everything we come to know is learned from experience....
Planning a novel

Planning a novel

0. Prologue: A Trail of Thoughts This isn’t supposed to be a theory, manifesto or philosophical system. It’s just a jumbled bag of thoughts that, over the past few years, have started to cohere into something like a worldview. In that time, I’ve lived and worked in...