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Writers Have Keen Observation Skills – Or So I’ve Heard

September 29, 2021 by Kelley Lindberg Leave a Comment

Keen observation skills. That’s pretty much an essential quality for a writer, right? We observe setting. We observe atmosphere. We observe human nature. We observe conflict and emotion and irony. But boy, I’d be lousy as a crime scene witness. Detective: “Can you describe the perpetrator?” Me: “Um. I think it was a white guy.” […]

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