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When you look at ‘Grapes of Wrath,’ the weakest moments are those in which Steinbeck is spouting a political idea directly at the reader. The book’s real power comes from its slower, broader movement.

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Philipp Meyer

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There’s a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves.

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Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them or telling them.

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May 21, 2024

Your job as a writer is to find storylines, narrative structures, and characters to show the things that you believe rather than saying them or telling them.

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May 21, 2024

There’s a reason that all societies and cultures and small bands of humans engage in myth-making. Fundamentally, it is to help us understand ourselves.

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