“Do you ever wonder if–well, if there are people living on the third planet?’‘The third planet is incapable of supporting life,’ stated the husband patiently. ‘Our scientists have said there’s far too much oxygen in their atmosphere.”― Ray Bradbury, The Martian Chronicles
Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen. – John Steinbeck Source https://nownovel.com/88-quotes-to-help-you-finish-your-novel
I am messing around, getting lost in the minutiae. My story is charted out, but I realize it is more like a basic skeleton than a story now. It’s good that I know this, but OUCH! So, the journey is this now that I have the whole thing ‘written’: I know where it’s going and
“Writing First Starts with the Soul” by J M Strasser © J M Strasser July 2026 All Rights Reserved
Quote A Friendly Man: There are worse things than forgetting. Telly Paretta: No, there aren’t Source https://www.quotes.net/movies/the_forgotten_(2004)_145896