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Mary Catelli's Erraticly Updated and Exceedingly Ill-Organized Journal
being chiefly about the written word
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Oh, yes. Decluttering the background is essential. . . .
The real horror is when your story needs an element that will eat your story entirely, because the world-building is so extensive.
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Date: 2013-04-29 12:25 pm (UTC)The real horror is when your story needs an element that will eat your story entirely, because the world-building is so extensive.