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But the English - speak ing writer has the potentiality of such an enormous pub- lic that writing can very reasonably be adopted as a pro fession . It would be more overcrowded than it is if in English - speaking countries the ...
But the English - speak ing writer has the potentiality of such an enormous pub- lic that writing can very reasonably be adopted as a pro fession . It would be more overcrowded than it is if in English - speaking countries the ...
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those who write for it . Nor is reviewing less harmful ; the writer has not the time to read any books but those that directly concern him , and this reading of hundreds of books haphazard , not for the spiritual advantage he may gain ...
those who write for it . Nor is reviewing less harmful ; the writer has not the time to read any books but those that directly concern him , and this reading of hundreds of books haphazard , not for the spiritual advantage he may gain ...
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It is evident that no professional writer can afford only to write when he feels like it . If he waits till he is in the mood , till he has the inspiration as he says , he waits indefinitely and ends by producing little or nothing .
It is evident that no professional writer can afford only to write when he feels like it . If he waits till he is in the mood , till he has the inspiration as he says , he waits indefinitely and ends by producing little or nothing .
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| Title | The Summing Up |
| Author | W. Somerset Maugham |
| Published | 1938 |
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