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Theres a story everywhere. Being bored to death someplace is basically a funny proposition. What you have to watch out f
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"There's a story everywhere. Being bored to death someplace is basically a funny proposition. What you have to watch out for is you don't write a boring story about a boring place"

- Tim Cahill

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This quote by Tim Cahill encourages writers to search for stories in unanticipated places. He recommends that even the most ordinary places can be fascinating if you look hard enough. He alerts against writing an uninteresting story about an uninteresting place, as this will not be engaging for readers. Rather, he motivates authors to look for the special and fascinating aspects of a location and use them to produce a fascinating story. He thinks that there is a story all over, which it depends on the writer to discover it. This quote is a pointer to writers to be innovative and to look for stories in locations that might not seem fascinating initially look.

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Australia Flag This quote is written / told by Tim Cahill somewhere between December 6, 1979 and today. He/she was a famous Athlete from Australia. The author also have 8 other quotes.

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