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When you know the answer you want, it is often all too easy to figure out a way of getting it.

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Brian Greene
Age: 61
Born: 1963
Born: February 9
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Brian Randolph Greene
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Writing for the stage is different from writing for a book. You want to write in a way that an actor has material to work with, writing in the first person not the third person, and pulling out the dramatic elements in a bigger way for a stage presentation.
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I enjoy reading blogs, but am not interested in having my spurious thoughts out there.
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