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" As an author and a burgeoning screenwriter, the fact of the matter is I cannot do this alone. "
Taylor Jenkins Reid
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" Writing for TV entails saying every dumb idea that comes into your head to a room of people. And doing so with the confidence that it doesn't make you look like an idiot. "
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" I am constantly distracted by my own brain when I've completed a paragraph, realized I don't know what comes next, and start opening a browser tab without even realizing it. "
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" Notice the times in your life when you go above and beyond simply because you care so much. "
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" I write a book a year while creating TV and film projects. And being a writer isn't just writing: I have to chase down paychecks and manage foreign tax payments. I maintain a vibrant relationship with readers and bloggers. And when it comes to Hollywood, I typically have to have fifteen business meetings in the hopes that one leads to a project. "
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" I had moved across the country, taken internships, networked, worked long hours, and called in favors to get there. And I had done it. I was working in Hollywood. So imagine the melancholy I found myself in when I realized that I didn't love casting the way that I always thought I would. "
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" When I wrote my first book, I was too scared to find out how people got books published. I was convinced that you needed some sort of magical potion that I didn't have. "
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" Some days, I'll tell you that everything in life was meant to be and that there is an order to the universe. Other days, I'm convinced it's all a combination of luck and opportunity. "
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" As an author, I had spent years writing my stories on my own in a quiet room. My ideas traveled from my brain to my fingers, executed exactly as I saw fit, never veering from my own intent. TV simply doesn't work that way. "
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" I am methodical about my email inbox, and I always have a physical to-do list. Without those two things, I think I'd lose my mind. "
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" My husband makes sacrifices so that I can shine. "
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" I've always been drawn to the idea that small choices in our lives could have drastic effects on our future. "
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" I am endlessly inspired by both the tenderness that can exist between two people and the excitement of falling in love. I'm very fortunate that I've been able to explore that in novels, a television show, some early development film projects, and essays about my own life. "
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" I came across 'The Song of Achilles' by Madeline Miller in one of the most romantic ways one can find a story. I was digging through a pile of used books at my local library when my hand gravitated toward its brilliant teal and glistening gold cover. "
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" It wasn't until I set out to write a novel about marriage that I realized how little I knew about the institution. "
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" I went to Acton-Boxborough Regional High School in Massachusetts and Emerson College in Boston. "
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" Sometimes you are strong, sometimes you are weak. "
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" My passion is capturing what it feels like to love, be it romantic or otherwise. I love to watch two people realize what they meant for each other - and that goes across all media, books, TV, movies, personal essays; everything. "
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" Try everything with an open heart, looking to fall in love. "
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" Think both big and small. Loving to bake doesn't only mean becoming a baker. It could mean starting a blog, becoming a food photographer, or going into organic chemistry. "
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" I love reading books that can break my heart. "
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" When I was a kid, all I ever wanted was to be famous. "
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" There is nothing quite like having your book read and truly understood. It's all the better when it's someone who knows how to go out there and sell it. "
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