Right or wrong, black or white
Cross the line your gonna pay
In the dawn before the light
Live and die by the shades of gray
-Shades of Grey, Robert Earl Keen
I’m a fan of starting creative writing with a quote. Sure, it’s a lazy writer’s crutch, letting some other wordsmith create your opening stanza and allowing you to get on with the writing process. But damn if it’s not an effective way to punch through writer’s block (plus
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