Good girls like myself need subversion. Being solemn, I aspire to come…

Janet Burroway
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Good girls like myself need subversion. Being solemn, I aspire to comedy. Being a novelist, I aspire to the musical. Being organized, I aspire to luminous chaos. Loving the power of grammar and the fine distinctions of language, I seek the part of the mind I didn't know was there, the part 'sheer,' 'no-manfathomed,' 'cliffs of fall.
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In Literature, only trouble is interesting. ✨ Janet Burroway (1987). Writing Fiction: A Guide to Narrative Craft, Little Brown
The sensation of writing a book is the sensation of spinning, blinded by love and daring. It is the sensation of rearing and peering from the bent tip of a grass blade, looking for a route.
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