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You become a better writer by writing. You become a better travel writer by writing about travel.
You become a better writer by writing. You become a better travel writer by writing about travel.
My occupation is solely that of a painter.
No one can argue with pictures
(re descriptions in Uncle Tom's Cabin).
My occupation is solely that of a painter.
No one can argue with pictures
(re descriptions in Uncle Tom's Cabin).
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.
Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.
When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to read more
When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul.
To write beautifully, is to inscribe thoughts on paper in a flowing, imaginative way. With aspirations to intrigue and inform; read more
To write beautifully, is to inscribe thoughts on paper in a flowing, imaginative way. With aspirations to intrigue and inform; its truly an art on paper, filled with emotion and thought in a smooth aesthetically brilliant way...
Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.
Nothing gives an author so much pleasure as to find his works respectfully quoted by other learned authors.
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that read more
Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or read more
A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.
A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.