I usually start from a concept, an idea, a form, a question, or a (sub)genre. Never a character or a setting. And I don't write into nothing; I always have somewhere I'm directing my thoughts. (Carmen Maria Machado)

I usually start from a concept, an idea, a form, a question, or a (sub)genre. Never a character or a setting. And I don't write into nothing; I always have somewhere I'm directing my thoughts.

Carmen Maria Machado

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