A Few Words, Spoken not Written, Can Lead to Fame

Proof of that was demonstrated by Bobby Kirk from Bogart, Ga., whose remark “It’s too hot to fish,” put him on the road to stardom, where in camouflage bib overalls he stood beneath the “National” banner of the Times. A crew from the “Colbert Report” followed this Forrest-Gump like person to his home, where on the front porch, perhaps with glasses of...

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“Let’s face it, writing is hell.”—William Styron

Not always, of course. But it is hard, even harder is providing advice to new writers. As evidenced by this recent Facebook post by one of the best, Alice Munro. “It’s not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, “Read,” but a writer can read too much and be paralyzed. Or, “Don’t read, don’t think, just...

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