The Summing Up, Part 354, Volume 1The reminiscences of the author's lifetime; insight on life and art; education, discipline and training of a writer. |
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... sort out my thoughts on the subjects that have chiefly interested me during the course of my life . But such conclusions as I have come to have drifted about my mind like the wreckage of a foundered ship on a restless sea . It has ...
... sort out my thoughts on the subjects that have chiefly interested me during the course of my life . But such conclusions as I have come to have drifted about my mind like the wreckage of a foundered ship on a restless sea . It has ...
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... sort of magic in the written word . The idea acquires substance by taking on a visible nature , and then stands in the way of its own clarification . But this sort of obscurity merges very easily into the wilful . Some writers who do ...
... sort of magic in the written word . The idea acquires substance by taking on a visible nature , and then stands in the way of its own clarification . But this sort of obscurity merges very easily into the wilful . Some writers who do ...
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... sort of speech and what sort of scene are effective . But I think the secret of play - writing can be given in two maxims : stick to the point and whenever you can , cut . The first of these demands a logical mind . Few of us have it ...
... sort of speech and what sort of scene are effective . But I think the secret of play - writing can be given in two maxims : stick to the point and whenever you can , cut . The first of these demands a logical mind . Few of us have it ...
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