It's best to write about things that you don't completely understand. That way, the process of exploring and learning for the writer will be the same as for the reader.
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Some wisdom from Ivan Turgenev regarding the writing process:
If we wait for the moment when everything, absolutely everything is ready, we shall never begin.
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Think about the tension between immediacy and memory. How can we use the tension of our immediate experiences (for example, eating food) to get at memories?
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How do you convey the intimacy of your personal experiences--such as eating different types of food--and make them into a universal experience?
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During this holiday season, some hope from Jane Kenyon's poem "Happiness":
There's just no accounting for happiness
or the way it turns up like a prodigal
who comes back to the dust at your feet
having squandered a fortune far away.
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