To come up with the ending to a story and then work backwards is like tying your shoe with one hand only.

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I write when the urge hits me, getting the words down as fast as I can type and then I step back from what I just wrote and start a dialectical process where I begin challenging my own writing.

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I've been a writer for 42 years and, yes, it is a full time job for me. Not a hobby, but serious work.

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We believe these estimates are conservative, ... Our internal estimates are far more aggressive. However, until we put better numbers on the board, we are not going to lead you to any higher estimates.

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We see no reason why we're not going to be able to work out contractual issues.

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Now that I am living in God's gift to earth, the isothermal range of the Blue Ridge Mountains that runs down the border line of Western North and South Carolina, my mind is geared up for production.

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My first novel took 12 years to complete because life got in my way.

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Thanks to a fairly decent IQ, I can write on virtually any subject, and have done so in order to make a living.

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Write in a disciplined manner, but write in a way that is natural to the individual's thought processes.

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