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“I'm not Israeli and because I'm not a citizen, it doesn't matter how often I go there - I'm still not Israeli. There's this way I feel so close to so many people there, but I always feel like I'm staring through the glass. And in a way, having this really thin piece of glass between me and this place is incredibly useful for me as a writer, because I'm just so hyper-aware of it. I could take a walk in San Francisco and probably notice a third of the things that I would notice in Israel, because I'm just attuned to everything when I'm there.”

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Molly Antopol

Molly Antopol is an American fiction writer born in 1979. Her works are known for their delicate emotions and profound insights into themes such as identity, culture, and social change. more

“So if there was a way that I knew something about my character's desires or the things that they were resisting because I was saving it for some grand epiphany moment for my readers, I just feel like that's when you can feel the machine at work in a story. That's when you can feel the writer pulling the strings of the puppet.”

Ifs Way Feels Moments Character Stories Desire Reader Machines Saving Strings Pulling Puppets Resisting Epiphany

Author:Molly Antopol

“So in the drafting process, whenever I would discover something about what my character wanted or didn't want, I immediately just wanted my character to admit to that so I could get to the next, more interesting level in the story.”

Want Character Stories Wanted Next Process Interesting Levels Drafting

Author:Molly Antopol

“I felt like if I could get the epiphany out of the way in my drafting process, through my eighth or tenth draft, then that can just be part of how I've assembled the character, and then we can move on and move forward with it. In general, I don't ever want to feel smarter than my characters, because I just feel like that's not a great way to write a story.”

Ifs Way Want Feels Writing Character Stories Moving Felt Process Moving Forward If I Could Smarter Epiphany Drafting

Author:Molly Antopol

“Fire and Water are archetypes, the split sides of consciousness; one aware, the other, not. The two parts of us that desire synthesis, yet resist it: the self and the shadow. But they are also the element of chance, of the random roll of dice.”

Two Self Desire Sides Water Chance Consciousness Fire Elements Shadow Splits Dice Archetype Synthesis

Author:Chris Abani