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quote 2015-08-27 12:13
'Begin at the beginning,' the King said, very gravely, 'and go on till you come to the end: then stop.'
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland & Through the Looking-Glass - Lewis Carroll

Alice in Wonderland

Lewis Carroll

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quote 2014-09-19 00:11
No fiction can have any real interest if the central character is not an agent struggling for his or her own goals but a victim, subject to the will of others. (Failure to recognize that the central character must act, not simply be acted upon, is the single most common mistake in the fiction of beginners.)
The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers - John Gardner

The Art of Fiction by John Gardiner

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