I think writers tend to hear a different message from the ones our friends and acquaintances intend. We see what's revealed, which makes us dangerous.
I'm always relearning things I thought I'd learned for good a while back. - Tom Barbash
I'm always relearning things I thought I'd learned for good a while back.
- Tom Barbash
I think the second, or outsider's, perspective can come as you layer a story. It's as though you've grabbed a secondary character and asked them, "Wh… - Tom Barbash
I think the second, or outsider's, perspective can come as you layer a story. It's as though you've grabbed a secondary character and asked them, "Wh…
I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories. - Tom Barbash
I believe that we can access stories, and voices from those around us, more easily often than from our own imperfect memories.
When I teach, I try to assign writers from whom I can learn. - Tom Barbash
When I teach, I try to assign writers from whom I can learn.
I think it's probably better to make a region your own, and then maybe you can go somewhere else, but a lot of great writers have stuck to one region. - Tom Barbash
I think it's probably better to make a region your own, and then maybe you can go somewhere else, but a lot of great writers have stuck to one region.
I think narrators expect a high level of intimacy with their readers, and vice versa. - Tom Barbash
I think narrators expect a high level of intimacy with their readers, and vice versa.
When you teach, it's sometimes necessary to consciously not write for a month or two - and then pick a time in the future to sink back in. It makes y… - Tom Barbash
When you teach, it's sometimes necessary to consciously not write for a month or two - and then pick a time in the future to sink back in. It makes y…
I'll write about California someday, I imagine, but I don't know when. - Tom Barbash
I'll write about California someday, I imagine, but I don't know when.
One good thing the teaching has given me is the ability to read and revise my own work. - Tom Barbash
One good thing the teaching has given me is the ability to read and revise my own work.
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