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Liz Gauffreau's avatar

I'm quite taken with Aurelius's notion that it's all right not to have an opinion, particularly when it's applied to the arts, including fiction and poetry. Don't make pronouncements on what the piece is--it's good or it's bad--tell me what the piece DOES. (One of the main reasons I became fed up with fiction workshop upon completing grad school.)

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Amie McGraham's avatar

I love how you share your creative process (and how you *processed* Aurelius’s words: lightly holding opinions, letting them float off. I think this allows them to morph into shape. Or shapelessness.

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