The process of self-invention is never-ending; writer, like children, are always growing into their gifts. (Susan Larson in a "Times-Picayune" book review.
So I suppose one danger is that we might get the idea that, you know, __o blurt, is to be._ The idea that whatever comes out is good and is us. Whereas someone who has really worked with text realizes _ well, that neither one is __eally_ you, but that the considered version might represent a __igher_ you _ brighter, less willing to coast or condescend, funnier, and (mysteriously) also, I think, kinder.
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So I suppose one danger is that we might get the idea that, you know, __o blurt, is to be._ The idea that whatever comes out is good and is us. Whereas someone who has really worked with text realizes _ well, that neither one is __eally_ you, but that the considered version might represent a __igher_ you _ brighter, less willing to coast or condescend, funnier, and (mysteriously) also, I think, kinder.
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