I don't know where my "meanings" come from. I just try to w… - Carol Emshwiller

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I don't know where my "meanings" come from. I just try to write a good well formed story. I guess the meaning is just part of me and pops out by itself.

Carol Emshwiller

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Carol Emshwiller (April 12, 1921 – February 2, 2019) was a writer of avant garde short stories and science fiction who lived in the USA.

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Favorite SF author? Lots. Barry Malzburg, Fritz Leiber, Tom Disch, Damon Knight. . .

I'm a firm believer that your ideas come from the writing itself. I never have any until I start to write. And my mind is on structure most of the time (and on linking). I used to say that kept my conscious mind busy so my subconscious mind could work on more important things.

Don't put anything important in your stories you don't use all through. To me, this is what's fun for the writer and fun, too, in reading.

I don't know where my "meanings" come from. I just try to write a good well formed story. I guess the meaning is just part of me and pops out by itse… - Carol Emshwiller

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