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Emma Darwin's avatar

Very interesting to think about. And I wonder if it applies more generally: for a character’s psychology/situation to show up most sharply they need to be in situations which run counter to it, rather than aligning with it. I can feel an Itch of Writing post coming on…

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Junot Díaz's avatar

the follow up to this post tackles some of that...

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Emma Darwin's avatar

Oh, excellent! I'll look forward to that.

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Julieta Holman's avatar

Re-upping. My sole Substack that I'm paying for. Trying to decide on Meghan O'Rourke. But that's it!

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Junot Díaz's avatar

youre really too kind julieta. thank you for hanging in here...

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Julieta Holman's avatar

Cool.

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