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You are very smart ❤️❤️❤️

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You are!

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Aug 6, 2023Liked by Amy Shearn

I am in love with the magpie metaphor! I feel like this idea gathering can remedy a lot of "Where do I start?" questions I often see in my writing spaces. The best way to get story ideas is to LIVE LIFE <3

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Ah thank you! Yes, we gotta get out there and live and notice and respond and gather sometimes...

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I love this! And what a great idea for an exercise. I’m off to scribble...!

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oh good! Hope it goes well :)

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That subtitle 😂👏 I am a magpie in my head AND real life. It’s a problem! Your genesis of the first novel is so gorgeously specific. Such good (novel) bones! Jealous ❤️‍🔥

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Thank you! And yeah, I think I'd be more of a magpie in real life if I didn't live in a tiny apartment... therefore, I must be a mental magpie I guess!

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Yes! Tiny spaces keep you honest.

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Goggles!

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WHERE ARE THEY SAUL

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In my experience, next to the hats and water bottles, which have all disappeared into a summertime black hole.

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You’re so right. And every year we are faced with the deep existential question: is the sunscreen in the beach bag still good

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Yes, probably the Devil. And you went on the use Glengarry Glen Ross. - both unexpectedly wonderful, thank you.

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