When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to ma…

Kurt Vonnegut
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When I used to teach creative writing, I would tell the students to make their characters want something right away. ✨ Kurt Vonnegut (1988). Conversations with Kurt Vonnegut, p.189, Univ. Press of Mississippi
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