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May 21, 2005
Pure Genius
Spent most of yesterday afternoon pratting about on the Internet convincing myself that I was doing research and looking for inspiration. Found lots of message boards with people asking such questions as, ‘I sent my manuscript off to Bloomsbury 2 days ago and I haven’t heard anything yet. Do you think this is good news?’ (No really)
But arguably the best thing I read all day, I found here and I'm dying to share it with you;
Sinclair Lewis was invited to talk to some students about the writer’s craft. He stood at the head of the class and asked, “How many of you here are really serious about being writers?” A sea of hands shot up. Lewis then asked, “Well, why aren't you all home writing?” And with that he walked out of the room.
Brilliant!
Posted by purple elephant at May 21, 2005 09:49 AM