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I do outlines when I'm writing with someone, but they also need to have a certain amount of freedom

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Anne McCaffrey
Age: 85 †
Born: 1926
Born: April 1
Died: 2011
Died: November 21
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Cambridge
Massachusetts
Anne Inez McCaffrey
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Outlines
Amount
Freedom
Someone
Also
Certain
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