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Category: Sol Stein

It can be said that one slip of point of view by a writer can hurt a story badly, and several slips can be fatal.’ Stein on Writing

I see manuscripts and books that are spoiled for the literary reader because they are one long stream of top-of-the-head writing, a writer telling a story without concern for precision or freshness in the use of language. Some of this storytelling reads as if it were spoken rather than written, stuffed with tired images that pop into the writer’s head because they are so familiar. The top of the head is fit for growing hair, but not for generating fine prose.

language, writing

In our not-yet-acknowledged secret garden lie the seeds of some of our best not-yet-written stories

secrets, writing

Say it new or say it straight.