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I write to find out what the story means to me, that is what I try to do especially with the first draft.

Wally Lamb

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Write
Stories
Find
Firsts
First
Draft
Mean
Especially
Writing
Story
Trying
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