- Better Chance
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Last Updated on May 30, 2021
- Language
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every writer needs new material now and then, whether it's traveling to Japan, volunteering at a food bank, learning a new language, or trying a new food.
- Flower
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- Nov 07, 2020
A good poem is an amazing thing: a perfectly distilled, articulate moment. It opens you up - sometimes slowly, like the blooming of a flower, and sometimes with a quick knife-slice.
- Day
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- Nov 07, 2020
Every single day, authors read at bookstores and libraries - and coffeeshops and bars - all over the country. And these readings are amazing: you get to hear the book in the author's own voice, ask questions, and meet the writer. For free.
- Ensure
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- Nov 07, 2020
What's the best way to ensure a supply of good books in the future? Support up-and-coming writers now.
- Ashamed
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm ashamed to admit that I very seldom read poetry, even though many of my friends are poets.
- Must
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- Nov 07, 2020
Somewhere in the Commandments of Reviewing must be written, 'Thou shalt not compare Asians to non-Asians.'
- Me
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- Nov 07, 2020
If someone were to call me 'the next Amy Tan,' it would not be because - or not primarily because - we have similar themes or subjects or styles. Let's be honest: it would be because we are both Chinese American.
- Same
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- Nov 07, 2020
Comparing Asian writers mainly to other Asian writers implies that we're all telling the same story - a disappointingly reductive view.
- Focus
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- Nov 07, 2020
Let's stop reflexively comparing Chinese writers to Chinese writers, Indian writers to Indian writers, black writers to black writers. Let's focus on the writing itself: the characters, the language, the narrative style.
- Good
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- Nov 07, 2020
Gore isn't required for a good story, but adversity is.
- Innocent
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- Nov 07, 2020
Narratively speaking, innocent misunderstandings are disappointing. Arbitrary events are also disappointing. The stories that really grab our attention involve not accidents but people doing things on purpose - to get things they desperately want.
- Music
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- Nov 07, 2020
I play music on my phone to fall asleep when I'm on the road and as an alarm clock to wake me up, so I need it nearby - but there are never outlets by the bed in hotels!
- Keep
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- Nov 07, 2020
I keep a writer's notebook and also put all my daily schedules and to-do lists in it.
- Lose
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- Nov 07, 2020
I lose pens a lot, so I don't use fancy ones.
- Nov 07, 2020
Whenever I travel, I seem to get sick - it's probably inevitable when you're on a plane every single day.
- Independent
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- Nov 07, 2020