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If you fixate on the big picture, the whole shebang, the overview, you miss the stitching.

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Anne Lamott
Age: 70
Born: 1954
Born: April 10
Novelist
Writer
San Francisco County
California
Stitching
Fixate
Overview
Miss
Picture
Missing
Bigs
Whole

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Just don't pretend you know more about your characters than they do, because you don't. Stay open to them. It's teatime and all the dolls are at the table. Listen. It's that simple.
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