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Tag: secondary worlds

Co-Authorship

May 2, 2016 zacharybarnes

When someone asks for “description,” do you answer with “leave nothing to the imagination?”
Well, as you may know, this isn’t too classy, and although some folks may enjoy that, most probably don’t.

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Master Insights: Haruki Murakami

March 28, 2016 zacharybarnes

I’d like to bring your attention to Komatsu’s last line, which I believe to be the best: “What you can eliminate from fiction is the description of things that most readers have seen.”

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