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There are many occasions in literature in which telling is far more effective than showing.

There are many occasions in literature in which telling is far more effective than showing.

Francine Prose
Literature, Occasions
Francine Prose (2009). “Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them”, p.25, Harper Collins

Words are the raw material out of which literature is crafted.

Francine Prose
Raw Materials, Literature, Materials
Francine Prose (2009). “Reading Like a Writer: A Guide for People Who Love Books and for Those Who Want to Write Them”, p.16, Harper Collins

What’s strange is how many beginning writers seem to think that grammar is irrelevant, or that they are somehow above or beyond this subject more fit for a schoolchild than the future author of great literature.

Francine Prose
Thinking, Literature, Strange

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