"If we are to be original thinkers, develop an honest style, write something sticky, that leaves a mark, we can't rely on imitation, or even competition. We can only rely on our own stunted, strange, and racing minds." — Stephanie Danler
I think we’ve all had that experience of reading a book or story and an author includes such an odd, beautiful, specific detail that it makes the whole scene come to life and feel indisputably real. Sometimes these details occur magically to us as writers, like little gifts.