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I can't advise any of the young ones, because I don't know what their background was, but I would suggest that anyone who wants to be famous more than anything - there's a problem.

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I've gotten to try on voices very different than my own, and I've become much more aware of structure than ever before. Also, you really weigh every word. There's no closer reading then when you read to translate.

Closer, Different, Reading, Trying
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Offspring were a joy or a shame, but still the crown of their elders, nature's unpredictable creatures.

Crowns, Joy, Offspring, Pride, Shame

Each genre has its own process. I'm very intuitive about poetry. I usually write first and second drafts out by hand. The other end of the spectrum is journalism, which is much more cerebral, more thought-out and planned. Fiction lies somewhere in between. I usually start intuitively but eventually I need to stop and consider structure, or research, or both.

Fiction, Genre, Intuitive, Journalism, Lying, Writing

I'm never afraid of research. I relish it!

Afraid, Relish, Research

Both childbirth and abortion are medical procedures but neither is an illness, and sometimes they're both treated as such.

Abortion, Childbirth, Illness, Medical, Procedures, Sometimes

Interestingly, in Cuba abortion is treated as lightly as getting a mole removed.

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