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Page 125
... write when he is at his desk ; he writes all day long , when he is thinking , when he is reading , when he is experiencing ; everything he sees and feels is significant to his purpose and , consciously or unconsciously , he is forever ...
... write when he is at his desk ; he writes all day long , when he is thinking , when he is reading , when he is experiencing ; everything he sees and feels is significant to his purpose and , consciously or unconsciously , he is forever ...
Page 126
... write must be the main object of the author's life ; that is to say , he must be a professional writer . He is lucky ... write a letter , there is a notion that anyone can write well enough to write a book . Writing seems now the ...
... write must be the main object of the author's life ; that is to say , he must be a professional writer . He is lucky ... write a letter , there is a notion that anyone can write well enough to write a book . Writing seems now the ...
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... writer itches to get to his pens and paper at the hours at which he had been used to write . Then he writes automatically . Words come easily to him and words suggest ideas . They are old and empty ideas , but his practised hand can ...
... writer itches to get to his pens and paper at the hours at which he had been used to write . Then he writes automatically . Words come easily to him and words suggest ideas . They are old and empty ideas , but his practised hand can ...
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