A scene should be selected by the writer for haunted-ness-of-mind inte…

Jack Kerouac
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A scene should be selected by the writer for haunted-ness-of-mind interest. If you're not haunted by something, as by a dream, a vision, or a memory, which are involuntary, you're not interested or even involved. ✨ Jack Kerouac (2006). Book of Sketches, p.65, Penguin
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A scene should be selected by the writer for haunted-ness-of-mind interest. If you're not haunted by something, as by a dream, a vision, or a memory, which are involuntary, you're not interested or even involved. ✨ Jack Kerouac (2006). Book of Sketches, p.65, Penguin

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