"It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time."

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"It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time."

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"There's a joy in writing short stories, a wonderful sense of reward when you pull certain things off."

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"Everything has to be pulling weight in a short story for it to be really of the first order."

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