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Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as technical objects when they're being written. or at least they do for me. they're the result of thousands of decisions made at speed during revision.
-George Saunders
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Stories, As Much As We Like To

George Saunders
Stories, as much as we like to talk about them, retrospectively, as emanations of theme or worldview or intention, occur primarily as technical objects when they're being written. or at least they do for me. they're the result of thousands of decisions made at speed during revision.
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