Carolina QuotesWriting for me, 95% of the time, it's torture, because I'm basically walking through the forest blindfolded trying to feel my way through and then I'm almost there, and I can sort of take it off and then see where I'm at, and then I have to go back and sort of move things around and make sure it's all feeling cohesive. But the process itself can feel really arduous and a real struggle to get through. I think everyone has their own process and mine is particularly torturous.
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As quoted in ""To All The Boys" Creator Jenny Han Talked About Filming "Always And Forever" And Where Peter And Lara Jean Are Now" in BuzzFeed (14 February 2021)
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