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It's easier to write about heartbreak after you've had your heart broken. You have more material to draw from, you can extrapolate from your own experiences and make reasonable assumptions about how your characters would feel and act.

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Patrick Rothfuss
Age: 51
Born: 1973
Born: June 6
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