Nothing that happens to a writer is ever wasted.
by Todd Foley
via siliconangle.com
“Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy, however tragic – is ever wasted. Write what you need to write, not what is currently popular or what you think will sell.”
P.D. James
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Oh, Lordy, truer words have never been spoken.