Tom Nook
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Tom Nook
The creative writing process as discovering core truths through openness to inspiration and synchronistic guidance from the universe
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And even I didn't know it was a core truth while I was writing. I would say to myself, is that true? That's an interesting way of putting it. Is that true? And they'd say, son of a bitch, that is true.
I remember talking about it all the time and thinking about it all the time while I was writing. It was a joy to sit down and be with that laptop
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