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Goodreads asked Philip Mann:

What mystery in your own life could be a plot for a book?

Philip Mann I don't think I have the insight to properly answer this question, but I'll try. My answer would be, "What was the turning point in your life?" What decision, or character trait became a limiting condition, or set a pattern for every decision made after that? Do you think it was a rejection by a person, or by a company>? What if you're wrong? What if that decision was itself determined by something else, something that you have totally ignored?
Your own personal "What if..?"series.

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