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The most difficult and important part of writing is finding the heart of longing
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The most difficult and important part of writing is finding the heart of longing

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Naomi K
Aug 31, 2017
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Sometimes I think it's a shame that I'm not a professor of writing, because I have so many lessons to impart that were never taught to me. The biggest amongst these is that a work of fiction (particularly a novel) cannot stand unless you've discovered the heart of longing.

In most cases, this longing will be the character's longing: the desire that anima…

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