“Make up a story… For our sake and yours forget your name in the street; tell us what the world has been to you in the dark places and in the light. Don’t tell us what to believe, what to fear. Show us belief’s wide skirt and the stitch that unravels fear’s caul.” – Toni Morrison
Make up a story! Anything or anyone who starts with that has got my ear. I often get asked questions about my novel that I just haven’t thought about. And I also often want to say, I don’t know. The funny thing is I don’t have to know all the answers by fact or experience. If I don’t know, I make it up. And that’s what makes fiction a real humdinger. We’re allowed to lie in order to fill in the blanks.
How’s your writing coming along?
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