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William Somerset Maugham. subject with interest . The best way of learning how
to write a play is to see one of your own produced . That will teach you how to
write lines that the actors find easy to say and , if you have an ear , how far you
can ...
William Somerset Maugham. subject with interest . The best way of learning how
to write a play is to see one of your own produced . That will teach you how to
write lines that the actors find easy to say and , if you have an ear , how far you
can ...
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It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the
persons whom the playwright introduces at the beginning of his play so firmly that
if the interest is then switched off to other persons who enter upon the scene later
, a ...
It is a psychological trait in human nature that interest is established in the
persons whom the playwright introduces at the beginning of his play so firmly that
if the interest is then switched off to other persons who enter upon the scene later
, a ...
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It is a line to direct the reader's interest . That is possibly the most important thing
in fiction , for it is by direction of interest that the author carries the reader along
from page to page and it is by direction of interest that he induces in him the
mood ...
It is a line to direct the reader's interest . That is possibly the most important thing
in fiction , for it is by direction of interest that the author carries the reader along
from page to page and it is by direction of interest that he induces in him the
mood ...
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | William Somerset Maugham |
| Publisher | Doubleday, Doran & Company, Incorporated, 1938 |
| Original from | the University of California |
| Digitized | 21 Dec 2006 |
| Length | 310 pages |
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