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It's Fascinating To Imagine Two Successful Writers In One House. But When You Think About It, It Isn't Very Unusual. In Fact, So Many Writers Have Writer Spouses.

I Needed To Understand This Random Bad Bit Of Luck As Part Of A Bigger Design. Otherwise I Was Suffering Meaninglessly. This Made The Suffering A Lot Worse.

We Want To Believe We Couldn't Be Replaced, And That The People We Love Are Irreplaceable.

I Don't Think Fake People Living In A Fake House In A Fake Suburb Are Any Less Dismissible Or Believable Than A Fake Psychic Attending A Fake School In A Fake Town. Nothing's Inherently Believable About Any Kind Of Fiction, Because All Of It's Untrue.

There Are Some Writers Who Are Done When They Finish A Draft Because They've Thought It Through Beforehand. Whereas I'll Finish A First Draft And I'm Nowhere Near Done.