Mary Catherine asked Gabrielle Squailia:

What advice would you give someone who knows writing is her way but she has not found her voices vessel, unless stream of consciousness writing and random bouts poetry are acceptable forms. What kind of a writer is that?

Gabrielle Squailia I'd tell her you never know when your breakthrough's coming, and that stream of consciousness writing and random bouts of poetry have served me very well. Those were the things that steadied me and allowed me to hone my skills while I figured out how to put a story together the way I needed to, and I'm still using them and still learning. I think that's the same kind of writer as every other writer: we're just making it up as we're going along.

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