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In real life, having your poetry criticized by T.S. Eliot could cause you to doubt your poetic gifts. But imagining it in a dream has the opposite effect. That dream could become the source for a story.

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We don’t appreciate luck in life when things are going well. No matter how smart I am and how I prepare, there are things that catch you off guard.

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We don’t remember everything that happens to us on a given day: sometimes, we remember something simply because it’s emotional, while, at other times, we work our way through mundane details to figure out why something matters.

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May 14, 2024

We don’t remember everything that happens to us on a given day: sometimes, we remember something simply because it’s emotional, while, at other times, we work our way through mundane details to figure out why something matters.

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May 14, 2024

We don’t appreciate luck in life when things are going well. No matter how smart I am and how I prepare, there are things that catch you off guard.

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