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Literary quips, observations, and warnings #6

Many writers say that they write what they do because the novels they want to read don’t exist. I don’t think about my own book quite that way, but to me one of the most frightening things about writing fiction is the corollary to this idea: namely, if you have an individual voice and any skill whatsover, it will occur . . .

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The patience of Wyndham

Francis Wyndham waited nearly thirty years to publish his own stories after they were rejected during World War II. (Via.)

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