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Lucian K. Truscott IV's avatar

Dan Wolf, editor of the Voice, once took a long investigative piece I had just handed him across his desk, and flipped to the last page, crumbled it up, and threw it in his trash can. "Now we can begin," he said. I had a bad habit of "writing" endings. He taught me that what you write ends when it ends. I've never forgotten that lesson.

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Laurie Stone's avatar

I was just thinking about the difference between giving a piece an ending as in a conclusion and carrying the reader to the place you want to leave them. Great advice from Dan I try to practice, too. xxL

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Steven Dunn's avatar

"the best recipe for narrative: start in the middle, fail to arrive, remember to love things, make the reader hot, make the reader laugh." I still have that written down from when you visited my class. It was something I've thought about in my own books, but had never articulated. I'm gonna order Hannah's book now because I also read more poetry than prose, and especially love narrative poetry.

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Laurie Stone's avatar

Wonderful! xxL

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Jan Elisabeth's avatar

Wonderful piece of appreciation. love this: "she's dispensed with the nag of a narrative arc that arrives somewhere that’s been aimed at in the launch."

And fabulous picture!

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Laurie Stone's avatar

Thanks!

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Brett Hetherington's avatar

What I love about your writing is how intimate it is, even when you're commenting on other's work. The detail, the fine detail and the inner shadows at play.

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Laurie Stone's avatar

Thanks so much!

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Marianna Busching's avatar

Thanks! The quotes from the Three Poems book give me a totally new...and I mean "totally!"...perspective on how to use language. Don't know if I'll try it, but I might...

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Laurie Stone's avatar

Oh, do! I feel the same way. And please consider coming to our next Zoom conversation on writing craft on May 31 from 3 to 4 EST. Email me if you would like to be on the list. xxL

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Annie Gottlieb's avatar

"the time you prove how young you are by notching your belt with forlorn experience you take to be adult." That's beautiful. ⭐️

You've got me wanting to buy the book as soon as I finish reading this.

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Laurie Stone's avatar

It's great. xxL

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Marianna Marlowe's avatar

"Almost any experience can stir philosophical associations for Sullivan as well as historic ones."

I always appreciate associative writing.

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Sara Siegler's avatar

You definitely pulled it off, you beautiful woman❣️

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Laurie Stone's avatar

Thank you! xxL

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