Author Ingrid Hill has some remarks on the suffering needed to view the world and the choice of magical realism. “Asked how he developed his magical realist style, García Márquez demurred: it wasn’t a style at all, just his way of articulating how things looked to him as a child. His child-mind took over.” (via Mindy Withrow)

Also from Mindy, a quote from writer Joe Meno on the reality of throwing out most of what you write. “In order to write one good story, you’re going to probably write ten bad ones.”

Courage, friends. Courage.