Pete Pace
By looking for the "space around." For example, I heard a friend say the other day "I had no choice." Those four short words are diamond-rich for story.
Writers don't write as much as look for launch points -- they're in the business of surrounding a scaffold of everyday words with characters that are like us.
Writers don't write as much as look for launch points -- they're in the business of surrounding a scaffold of everyday words with characters that are like us.
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