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I believe the best creative writing lessons live in the specifics.
Jeff VanderMeer
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Jeff VanderMeer
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: July 7
Journalist
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Bellefonte
Pennsylvania
Jeffrey Scott VanderMeer
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Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect.
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But what if you discover that the price of purpose is to render invisible so many other things?
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Silence creates it's own violence.
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