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I love revising. If you demystify the process, it comes down to four strategies: what can I do to make the draft better what should I cut out to make it stronger what do I need to do to clarify it and finally, what should I reposition.

Wally Lamb

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Wally Lamb
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 17
Author
Novelist
Writer
Norwich
Connecticut
Love
Cutting
Four
Revising
Process
Clarify
Comes
Strategies
Better
Draft
Need
Strategy
Needs
Finally
Make
Stronger

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Religion's just a well-oiled profit-driven denial of the randomness of it all.
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A woman who surrenders her freedom need not surrender her dignity.
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Connecticut is in my blood.
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However far fiction writers stray from their own lives and experiences - and I stray pretty far from mine - I think, ultimately, that we may be writing what we need to write in some way, albeit unconsciously.
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I am a plodder, I make an appointment with my computer everyday and I have no idea where I am going.
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I walked over and looked closer at the statue of the goddess. She was wearing a headdress with a skull and a cobra and a crescent moon. Maybe this is what peace of mind was all about: having a poisonous snake on your head and smiling anyway.
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Hardest thing: creating something out of nothing - the first draft is torturous.
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If you want your prayers answered, get up off your knees and do something about them.
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If you risked love, it took you wherever you wanted to go. If you repressed it, you ended up unhappy.
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