Found in my electronic chapbook.

When I watch a character behave stupidly, I find myself calculating what he should do, and what the effects of this proper behavior will be. Occasionally my solution to his problem is sufficiently different from the author”s, and seems to constitute a sufficient improvement, so that I”ll go ahead and write a story on my own. p. 125

From Telling Lies for Fun and Profit: A Manual for Fiction Writers by Lawrence Block.

I wrote 1,667 words yesterday morning and my total word count is now 10,339

Previously…

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