A Swim in a Pond in the Rain

“Reconsideration is hard; it takes courage.”

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“A story with a problem is like a person with a problem: interesting.”

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“She is happy again, proud again, a full human being again, at last. She’s happy, but she’s alone. (But is she still lonely?)”

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“Then do that again, over and over, until I'm pleased.”

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“I'd say there's a general thesis in here somewhere: any story that suffers from what seems like a moral failing (that seems sexist, racist, homophobic, transphobic, pedantic, appropriative, derivative of another writer's work, and so on) will be seen, with sufficient analytical snooping, to be suffering from a technical failing, and if that failing is addressed, it will (always) become a better story.”

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“What transforms an anecdote into a story is escalation. Or, we might say: when escalation is suddenly felt to be occurring, it is a sign that our anecdote is transforming into a story.”

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“We want to believe that love is singular and exclusive, and it unnerves us to think that it might actually be renewable and somewhat repetitive in its habits.”

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“in a highly organized system, the causation is more pronounced and intentional. The elements seem to have been more precisely selected. Things escalate decisively; everything is to purpose.”

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