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I know you've all heard the advice, Show, don't tell. The best writers don't tell you, and quite frankly they don't just show you -- they make you feel it, live it, taste it, touch it. Storytelling is about being in the moment with the characters.

Josh Lanyon

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I thought of the words of the Renaissance philosopher Michel de Montaigne. If you press me to say why I loved him, I can say no more than because he was he, and I was I.
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I thought I recognized you. Really? He remembered me looking like Swamp Thing? How flattering.
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Tiffs among the faggots were apparently the stuff of quiet merriment.
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All cynics are disappointed idealists. The more stars in the eyes, the harder the fall.
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