I don't have my novel outlined, and I have to write to discover what I am doing. Like the old lady, I don't know so well what I think until I see what I say; then I have to say it over again.

Flannery O'Connor

Again Am Discover Doing I Am I See I Think Know Lady Like Novel Old Old Lady Over Say See Then Think Until Well Write

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