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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... written a good deal from this standpoint I have written as a novelist and so in a manner have been able to regard myself as a character in the story . Long habit has made it more comfortable for me to speak through the creatures of my ...
... written a good deal from this standpoint I have written as a novelist and so in a manner have been able to regard myself as a character in the story . Long habit has made it more comfortable for me to speak through the creatures of my ...
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... written at least more naturally than anything I had written before ; but I am sure that it is often slipshod and I daresay there are in it a good many mistakes in grammar . Since then I have written many other books ; and though ceasing ...
... written at least more naturally than anything I had written before ; but I am sure that it is often slipshod and I daresay there are in it a good many mistakes in grammar . Since then I have written many other books ; and though ceasing ...
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... written in my youth , for editor after editor refused it ; but I no longer minded and I went on . When I had written six , all of which eventually found their way into magazines , I published them in a book . The success they had was ...
... written in my youth , for editor after editor refused it ; but I no longer minded and I went on . When I had written six , all of which eventually found their way into magazines , I published them in a book . The success they had was ...
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