“The ravine Wilden found was tiny, no more than a niche in the towering bluff of the mountain. Despite its sheltered location, it was crammed with life–trees, shrubs, trailing kudzu wines that crept up the mountainside and huge patches of wildflowers. I frowned as we entered; the quantity of plants was overwhelming, almost obscene. The ravine seemed to go back a little way into the mountain, but the profusion of thorny shrubs only twenty feet from the edge prohibited further exploration. We made our camp on the outer lip of the ravine, while above us the skies grew laden with moisture.”

Really?

It’s a shame that this writer seems inclined to give advice that she herself ignores. This is the stuff of a “rewrite”? After all of the pretentious banter in this interview, I suppose I expected better.