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“Stories can sense happiness and snuff it out like a candle.”

Writing Stories Happiness Literature Sadness Tales

Book:Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

Source: Her Body and Other Parties: Stories

“I thought you died, but writing this, I'm not sure you did.”

Writing Death Identity Carmen Maria Machado In The Dream House

Book:In the Dream House

Source: In the Dream House

“Places are never just places in a piece of writing. If they are, the author has failed. Setting is not inert. It is activated by point of view.”

Writing Fiction Point Of View Technique Setting Narrative

Book:In the Dream House

Source: In the Dream House

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