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The Modern Library Writer's Workshop: A Guide to the Craft of Fiction Latin Jazz Layden has crafted a humanMake [your] characters want something right awayeven if its only a glass of water. Characters paralyzed by the meaninglessness of modern life still have to drink water from time to time. Kurt Vonnegut The cat sat on the mat is not the beginning of a story, but the cat sat on the dogs mat is. John Le Carr Nothing is more inspiring for a beginning writer than listening to masters of the craft talk about the writing life. But if you cant get Vladimir