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In An Interview With Annie Proulx in an issue of bookslut dot com published in December of 2005 I read:
Q. I know you do a lot of research for your stories, and I was wondering at what point the research is finished and it's time to move forward with the story?
A. First of all, I never feel that it's finished, but you have to stop somewhere. There's no end to the amount of things that one should know about a place...
That question and its answer poked my Huh? What was that? button and I paused for a few hours to think about and dig up some information about the role of research in the art and craft of fiction writing. And after doing that, I now have a greater grasp of the why, you know, the how come I have with problems in writing the body and ending of a story after what seems to be a truly fine beginning of each and every attempted story these days.
Now I think a breakthrough might be in the offing.
A breakthrough in my perspective on fiction writing.
Or not . . .
We'll see.
That piece in bookslut had a great deal of other interesting items regarding one author's views on writing.
An Interview With Annie Proulx
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Did You Know . . .?
Drying you hands with paper towels will reduce the bacterial count by 45 to 60 percent on your hands. However, using a hand dryer will increase the bacteria on your hands by up to 255 percent because it blows out bacteria already living in the conveniently warm moist environment.
(Note: I knew towels were more healthy because I watch The Big Bank Theory... wherein Sheldon said it was so.)
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HISTORICAL EVENT
Justice was finally achieved when Beckwith was convicted and given a life sentence. Beckwith appealed the conviction, claiming that he had not been granted a speedy trial as required by the Constitution. However, the appeals courts rejected his argument. Beckwith died in 2001.
The story was dramatized in Rob Reiner's movie, Ghosts of Mississippi.
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WORD FOR TODAY
amnesty
noun
- A pardon extended by the government to a group or class of persons, usually for a political offense.
- The act of a sovereign power officially forgiving certain classes of persons who are subject to trial but have not yet been convicted."
AMNESTY:
The state's magnanimity to those offenders
whom it would be too expensive to punish.
--Ambrose Bierce
The Devil's Dictionary
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CELEBRITY BIRTHDAYS
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"I think that's important, to know how the water's gone over the dam before you start to describe it. It helps to have been over the dam yourself."
--Annie Proulx
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