I would not send a first story anywhere. I would give myself time to write a number of stories.
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I wouldn't like to just do one story or one type of stories all the time.
Everyone has a story to tell. All you have to do is write it. But it's not that easy.
If the story wasn't overly long, I'd type it out. And I'd carry it around with me for a week and jot notes on it, and then I'd throw it away and do another one.
I don't have a plan for a story when I sit down to write. I would get quite bored carrying it out.
I don't want to steal anybody's story. I very much want to use the stories that I hear to get lost in my mind, to tell a larger story.
Find the story you want to tell. If you don't want to write it, find somebody to write it.
Writing is an extremely rewarding and humbling process, and I've learned to go with it, that even if it feels absolutely impossible, I will find a way to tell the next story.
When I was a little kid, before I learned how to write, I would tell stories.
I don't think, as a journalist, I'd ever get a story written. I'd probably spend five years researching it, and by the time I'd finish it, no one would be interested in it anymore.
I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do.