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When I am writing anything in general, I just want to tell the story that exists in my head I don't try to write a parable or make a point.

Lauren DeStefano

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Lauren DeStefano
Age: 40
Born: 1984
Born: October 13
Author
Novelist
Connecticut
United States
Write
Tell
Parable
Stories
Parables
Anything
Exists
Writing
General
Trying
Head
Make
Story
Point

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