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Rona Maynard's avatar

This fascinating post sent me back to Highsmith’s guidebook PLOTTING AND WRITING SUSPENSE FICTION, which is full of wisdom for writers of any kind of fiction. She pointedly mentions snails and shells. For instance: “Writers and painters have by nature little in the way of protective shells and try all their lives to revove what they have, since various buffetings and impressions are the material they need to work from.”

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Nicole Jensen's avatar

I look forward to your articles and get excited every time I see one post! They are always so rich with new learning for me and ultimately each one sends me down the rabbit hole to read and learn more about your featured figures. Thank you for what I can only assume is a mountainous amount of research and effort that goes into each creation!

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