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Capitol Jill's avatar

And sometimes they are getting covered by the veil, like your post regarding Stonewall.

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Deacon Ken's avatar

Yep. And ironically, listening to my author friends on "X", it seems as if even when using an outline, they are not satisfied with what they've written.

I'm a "modified pantser"; I know the general flow of the story, and what I call "benchmarks" along the way, sometimes I don't even know the end until way forward within the story.

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MaryAnn McKibben Dana's avatar

I write sermons that way! Some general thoughts but I'm not sure what I think about a text until I write it.

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Val Vaganek's avatar

The quote from Clarissa really went deep. I like most of these and I will look forward to seeing your book once it is out!!

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MaryAnn McKibben Dana's avatar

Isn't that something! That's the epigraph for the whole book--if I do a really good job paring down, maybe I can put it back in :-)

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TheUltraContemplative's avatar

These are all such wonderful quotes. Richard Rohr - this ranks up there along with, "What happened to just be a good person?" Alok Vaid-Menon - "Are you ready to heal?" A question that should resonate with everyone on this planet. Frederick Buechner - putting feet to love your neighbor as yourself. Thank you for sharing all these, MaryAnn. Can't wait until the book is available.

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MaryAnn McKibben Dana's avatar

Thank you friend! Steady on to you. <3

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Deacon Ken's avatar

I have been told that overwriting "to a point" is more beneficial than having to come up with more if you run too short.

This of course should be tempered by advice given at a workshop I attended where Todd McCaffrey, "The Son of Pern" was one of the panel. "...Know when a story is done and finished..."

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MaryAnn McKibben Dana's avatar

Very true--it's painful to cut, but more painful to have to pad.

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Elizabeth Reece's avatar

I really appreciate these quotations, especially the one about feeling like you need to draw on the walls of 10 caves. My grandmother kept a book of quotations she liked. As a child, I didn’t understand why she did it, but now I think I do.

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MaryAnn McKibben Dana's avatar

I love that!

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Mary Austin (she/her)'s avatar

Looking forward to the book! Blessings with the paring down.

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MaryAnn McKibben Dana's avatar

Thank you Mary!

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