POPA swore by Verdalia's

writing is like ... peeling an onion

(particularly if you are writing auto-biographically)

{ all 1st time novelists do-read early irving, dickens, hardy}

(frank mccourt "you fekin igit'" or his little brother "a monk swimming")

((write what you know))

tell

your story

later- you will write about you don't know
but you'll research to fill in the blanks...

writing is like peeling an onion

each layer of outer skin removed reveals a bulbous joy

yet

you know what hoppens when you peel an onion... grasshopper

writing on...

(with kleenex as an aid)

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