Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Could Anyone Else Have Written This Thing? If Yes, Start Again


In the National Post, Steven Heighton offers short, but solid, pieces of advice for writers.

From the piece...

2 Novelty is nothing more than a fresh combining.

3 If nothing is new under the sun, nothing is old either. Time cycles back. The ode, the epithalamion, the epistolary novel—all can be made fresh again in the right hands.

4 In the long run, curiosity and stamina trump talent.

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