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1 Stories exist in their entirety before we start writing. They live on the astral plane. It's up to us to usher them onto this plane. 2 Stories want to be on this plane. But only on their terms. 3 All stories have a face. But they're tricksters. The first face they show you might be a ruse, …
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Hush, duckie. Do you hear? We are now in the quiet zone. That weird space between Christmas and New Year when time goes all weird and stretchy and sort of Einsteiny. When Melbourne is like a ghost town because everyone has loaded up their SUVs and their frayed tempers and racked off—air conditioners blaring. Silence. Sweltering …
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