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“If you're a writer, you don't serve genres. Genres serve you. Like, if you're writing a science fiction story set on a spaceship, you don't have to have someone thrown out an airlock.”

Quote by Charlie Jane Anders

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Charlie Jane Anders

Charlie Jane Anders is an American science fiction author known for her distinctive literary style and profound thematic explorations. Her works often blend social commentary, gender identity, and futuristic technology, earning her a dedicated readership. more

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“Storytelling is more like a skin. You start with the outermost layer, what it's going to look like, then you kind of get deeper into it. What's actually going on beneath the surface is not really dictated by or related to the surface genre. It's more about what's going to happen between the characters and what's taking place in the story.”

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