Each story I've written starts out as a vague idea that seems to be going nowhere, then suddenly materializes as a completed concept. It almost seems like a discovery, as if the story was always there. The few elements I start out with are actually clues. If I figure out what they mean, I can discover the story that's waiting.
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While it may sound good initially, this has the potential to hurt businesses at a time when we should be read more
While it may sound good initially, this has the potential to hurt businesses at a time when we should be helping them. If this purchasing pool restricts access to certain retailers or undercuts prices, then the state is meddling in the free-market system.
We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.
We know that the nature of genius is to provide idiots with ideas twenty years later.
They need to be permanent employees.
They need to be permanent employees.
In the 1960s and 1970s, the mine had already played out and several companies used it as a place to read more
In the 1960s and 1970s, the mine had already played out and several companies used it as a place to put hazardous waste materials.
Their pitchers did a very good job of pitching to us and we didn't have the hits, but when you read more
Their pitchers did a very good job of pitching to us and we didn't have the hits, but when you don't have the hits you have to try find another way to win.
[In Clovis,] we'll lose about a million dollars, ... We'll probably have to do away with our transit.
[In Clovis,] we'll lose about a million dollars, ... We'll probably have to do away with our transit.
That was scary when the ball was in the air. He almost made it. We got lucky. Virginia has a read more
That was scary when the ball was in the air. He almost made it. We got lucky. Virginia has a great team, but we found a way to win the game.
I had some personal reservations about, 'Can I do the job?' But I had no reservations about being mobilized.
I had some personal reservations about, 'Can I do the job?' But I had no reservations about being mobilized.
