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David Gane
David Gane

Don’t be a slave to your creativity.

It doesn’t own you. It doesn’t define you. It doesn’t make you more or less of who you are.

Don’t be in fear of it or let it cause you stress.

Don’t wait to be touched with inspiration before you act upon it.

You are a creator. Sometimes it will be good. Sometimes it will be bad. But always, let it flow through you, and meet as regular as a clock ticks time.

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Co-writer of the Shepherd and Wolfe young adult mysteries, the internationally award-winning series, and teacher of storytelling and screenwriting.

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