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“Anyone who keeps the ability to see beauty never grows old.” —Franz Kafka
Imagine a character who has never grown old. What has he seen or experienced? How many people has she loved or lost? Does he see still see beauty in the world, or is he jaded? Write a character sketch of this person.
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Originally PublishedA writing conference is a perfect mix of all the ingredients you need to grow as a writer. It doesn’t matter if you are just beginning or have a thriving writing career; a good conference provides everything, and it all happens over the span of a few days.
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“E.L. Doctorow said once said that ‘Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.’ You don’t have to see where you’re going, you don’t have to see your destination or everything you will pass along the way. You just have to see two or three feet ahead of you. This is right up there with the best advice on writing, or life, I have ever heard.”
