Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand. - Steven Amsterdam

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I still feel like a novice when it comes to classical theater, but I don't ever want to become comfortable with anything. The greatest creativity comes from being nervous and uncomfortable.

Steven Amsterdam

Fiction demands structures and recognizable shapes. Big surprises only draw attention to the writer's hand.

Attention, Fiction, Hand, Hands, Shapes, Structures

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Nursing demands vigilance about people. The sights and smells that a patient offers, their movements and their offhand comments all contribute crucial information to understanding what they need. Training and experience heighten one's ability to see what needs to be seen.

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The better we are at accepting the limits of our world, the more easily we can embrace what we have.

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Being with a small publisher has been huge. They bat for me for everything.

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I could imagine that a character could do almost anything at any time, and that was the freedom of the whole thing. But keeping track of what was plausible for certain characters [was the challenge].

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A story is built on characters and reasons.

Built, Character, Reason, Reasons, Stories, Story

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