![There are two tests that we [writers] have for all of our writing: So What? and Who Cares? There is an answer to both. The answer to Who Cares is that a reader cares, if the writing is good. The answer to So What is that these ideas give us completely new understanding, change our sense of who we [people] are and why we're here [on this planet].](/assets/img/quote-photos/there-are-two-tests-that-we-writers-have-for-all-of-our-writing-so-what-and-w.jpg)
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