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A Cold Wind Was Blowing From The North, And It Made The Trees Rustle Like Living Things.

I Hate Outlines. I Have A Broad Sense Of Where The Story Is Going; I Know The End, I Know The End Of The Principal Characters, And I Know The Major Turning Points And Events From The Books, The Climaxes For Each Book, But I Don't Necessarily Know Each Twist And Turn Along The Way. That's Something I Discover In The Course Of Writing And That's What Makes Writing Enjoyable. I Think If I Outlined Comprehensively And Stuck To The Outline The Actual Writing Would Be Boring.

A Bruise Is A Lesson... And Each Lesson Makes Us Better.

I Had An Encyclopedia With A List Of Flags In The Back, So I Would Look At All These Flags Of China And Liberia And England And Denmark And Whatever, And I Learned All The Different Flags And I Tried To Imagine What It Would Be Like To Be Voyaging On Some Of These Ships.

I'm Fond Of All My Characters So Every Time One Doesn't Make The Cut I'm A Little Disappointed Although I Understand It.