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Everyone has a story to tell. All you have to do is write it. But it's not that easy.

A story is open-ended. A story invites you into it to make your own meaning.

You can't write just anything. Your story needs structure.

Don't forget - no one else sees the world the way you do, so no one else can tell the stories that you have to tell.

I know that to write you have to have stories you want to tell. You have to keep your mind alive, and you have to work hard.

I just try to tell a story rather than present an open diary to the world.

I want to write about people I love, and put them into a fictional world spun out of my own mind, not the world we actually have, because the world we actually have does not meet my standards.

I love to write what I see and what I do and what I experience, and I like to see if people can relate to that. I don't know if I am as good at making up a story in my head that has no truth to it, so that is a challenge for me.

I don't write about the same thing every time, everyday, different things are happening out there and if you take the time to look around, you can see that, then you can put it all together and tell the story.