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Very nice article, Elle. Awesome!

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THANK YOU for busting the Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds myth! Needed to know that. Loved this one.

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Super post, thank you. Even as a much older adult, I don't think I have lost my imagination. Every night is a different dream, and a new set of ideas (although I forget them all too often before I have written them down). The tricky bit is adapting all this disparate and sometimes whacky ideas into a good story. For that, the answer seems to be hard work and graft.

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I really enjoyed this! Thank you for sharing. One thing I think about A LOT is preserving and cultivating my children's imaginations in a world that seems set on killing it. And the more I think and read about it, the more I'm convinced the best way to do it is cultivate own imagination as an example.

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That is what I love about fiction and especially writing fiction. It is pure imagination. When I write fiction, it is like experiencing magic. The dialog often surprises me. How did I do that? Imagination.

I also agree that drugs are a poor substitute for imagination (not to mention addicting.) And while many adults seem to lose their imagination, I am not sure they really do. Perhaps they just think of it as childish and ignore it. Or block it out. But those who focus on the creative arts know how powerful it is and seek it.

Children have no problem accessing their imagination. Why should adults? Perhaps that is why I consider much of my fiction "children's stories for adults." I want it to bring back that sense of wonder and imagination. Like when they were a child.

Another great newsletter, Elle!

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