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John Steinbeck’s advice to would-be writers

Steinbeck“I have come to believe that a great teacher is a great artist and that there are as few as there are any great artists. Teaching might even be the greatest of the arts since the medium is the human mind and spirit.” John Steinbeck.

1. Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish. Lose track of the 400 pages and write just one page for each day, it helps. Then when it gets finished, you are always surprised.

2. Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes

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