Curate, connect, and discover
Sometimes I read things from an author and I'm like "wow you're characters are really disturbed and horny how'd you think of that?" Cause like as an ace person, I don't have those thoughts often at all. But then I'll be editing (rewriting) a chapter and the characters thoughts just hit me like a truck and I'm like "oh okay, so when were you going to tell me you were also a freak?"