13 Comments

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   Miley Duong on January 9, 2014 at 1:25 pm

   I believe to. When I truly believe, magic will appear.

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     barelyherenorthere on January 10, 2014 at 5:25 am

     Well then, Miley…you and I can be friends 🙂 Thanks for commenting!

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   aobeamber on January 9, 2014 at 2:10 pm

   I do too

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     barelyherenorthere on January 10, 2014 at 5:26 am

     Yay! I knew I wasn’t alone! 🙂

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   Gonçalo Julião on January 9, 2014 at 3:09 pm

   I do too! I believe in magic, especially when I feel my own magic, when I make things happen only with the power of the gladness of my soul 🙂

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     barelyherenorthere on January 10, 2014 at 5:27 am

     I love your comments…Yes, isn’t there a saying about positive people somehow attract positivity? It’s a kind of magic in itself!

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   Azhar Ali on January 9, 2014 at 5:13 pm

   Magic! What is that?

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     barelyherenorthere on January 10, 2014 at 5:28 am

     It’s all around! You just need eyes to see… 🙂 Happy looking!

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       Azhar Ali on January 10, 2014 at 7:26 am

       All I see is real world. I do believe in Miracles though. 😉

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   Gonçalo Julião on January 9, 2014 at 11:30 pm

   Hi again! I just read an article on Brain Pickings about Steinbeck’s tips on writing, and immediately I remembered this post. Check it out:
   “If there is a magic in story writing, and I am convinced there is, no one has ever been able to reduce it to a recipe that can be passed from one person to another. The formula seems to lie solely in the aching urge of the writer to convey something he feels important to the reader. If the writer has that urge, he may sometimes, but by no means always, find the way to do it. You must perceive the excellence that makes a good story good or the errors that makes a bad story. For a bad story is only an ineffective story.”

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     barelyherenorthere on January 10, 2014 at 5:29 am

     Thank you so much for this! To be able to write what you feel and to somehow transmute it to others is truly magical. 🙂

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       Gonçalo Julião on January 11, 2014 at 9:35 pm

       Yes, positive thinking makes you more prone and ready to achieve, in the best terms, I guess 🙂 it’s effortless, I’d say.
       Putting thought into words is hard. A genuine mind struck by experience is more likely to convey the sublime in graspable manners, without artifice, yet respecting the artifice of the writer, producing melodies and visions… I’m not that good at making my thoughts clear, so you get the picture ahah

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   barelyherenorthere on January 18, 2014 at 1:18 pm

   I think you are! And I get the picture! 🙂