You stole my story and something's got to be done about it.
A writer is like a tuning fork: We respond when we__e struck by something. The thing is to pay attention, to be ready for radical empathy. If we empty ourselves of ourselves we__l be able to vibrate in synchrony with something deep and powerful. If we__e lucky we__l transmit a strong pure note, one that isn__ ours, but which passes through us. If we__e lucky, it will be a note that reverberates and expands, one that other people will hear and understand.
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A writer is like a tuning fork: We respond when we__e struck by something. The thing is to pay attention, to be ready for radical empathy. If we empty ourselves of ourselves we__l be able to vibrate in synchrony with something deep and powerful. If we__e lucky we__l transmit a strong pure note, one that isn__ ours, but which passes through us. If we__e lucky, it will be a note that reverberates and expands, one that other people will hear and understand.
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