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David Perlmutter's avatar

"Tell yourself you are not writing a NOVEL, they’ll advise. You are writing a scene. You are writing a chapter. You are writing a sentence."

In my case, it's more like "you are transcribing an oral history", since I write so often in first person.

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Kelcey Ervick's avatar

Finally catching up on this Van Gogh series! Really enjoyed it and appreciated so many insights and connections to your own work (and the work of creating in general). I especially loved learning that Van Gogh HAD to see what he painted and always painted in season.

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