...a writer without authority? Impossible. as Kenneth Burke says, creation implies authority in the sense of originator....
From my writer's workshop, "Know when it's time to put everything you've got on the page. Then, rip open a vein and do it!
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From my writer's workshop, "Know when it's time to put everything you've got on the page. Then, rip open a vein and do it!
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