His advice on writing…
In Sum:
1. Find a subject you care about
2. Do not ramble, though
3. Keep it simple
4. Have guts to cut
5. Sound like yourself
6. Say what you mean
7. Pity the readers
from: How to Use the Power of the Printed Word, Doubleday etc.
Writers are funny animals and like artists receive their greatest reviews after they die. The oeuvre is complete. No more bleeding spirit through ink on a page, no more re-writes possible: the mind and soul are shuffled off this mortal coil. What remains is their work, yoked to whatever posterity it can enjoy through other mortal eyes and minds.
‘Your monument shall be my gentle verse…’ Q81.
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