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If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

- Joe R. Lansdale
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I don't plot, and I don't plan. I like to be surprised like the reader.

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If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.