The Writer's Laxative

Writing a novel is less about attention-span than about having a story that comes to you in such length and complexity that the only way to tell it would be in the form of a novel. I am of the opinion that a story needs to burn it's way out of you. Kind of like a massive and painful shit. You need to feel relieved at the end of it.Unburdened. Yes, I know that all story/defecation analogies have been copyrighted by Stephen King.

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