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Keep your whole being on the thing you are turning into words. The minute you flinch, and take your mind off this thing, and begin to look at the word...more

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What I am going to propose is that you write a novel.As you know, the practical advantages of being able to write out your thoughts fluently are very ...more

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In writing these poems about relatives, I found it almost impossible to write about the mother. I was stuck. My feelings about my mother, you see, mus...more

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The difference between a fairly interesting writer and a fascinating writer is that the fascinating writer has a better nose for what genuinely excite...more

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There is no correct way to write a novel, or rather, there is only one, and that one way is to make it interesting. That is very easily said, but how ...more

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Imagine what you are writing about. See it and live it. Do not think it up laboriously, as if you were working out mental arithmetic. Just look at it,...more