In spite of the obvious, shining promise of it, there comes a moment when you realize that he whisper that has been pestering you all along from the back of your mind is speaking the flat, awful truth: it won't work. An element is missing, that spark that brings to life a real story, regardless of whether the history or the food is right. Your story is emotionally dead, that's the crux of it...
Along the way, I got the response, "A writer? Is that so? I have a story for you...
The elderly man said, "I have a story that will make you believe in God."
- Yann Martel, Life of Pi
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