The very act of committing an experience to the page is necessarily an act of reduction, and regardless … - Bret Anthony Johnston

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So much time is spent on belief. So little time is spent on love!

Bret Anthony Johnston

The very act of committing an experience to the page is necessarily an act of reduction, and regardless of craft or skill, vision or voice, the result is a story beholden to and inevitably eclipsed by source material.

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