You learn to do your best writing on story rather than off story. Very often at the beginning … - Victor Levin

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Victor Levin

You learn to do your best writing on story rather than off story. Very often at the beginning of their careers, writers including me do their best dialogue writing off story - the best lines, the best observations - but they haven't got enough to do with the plot to stay in.

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