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The Craft of Fiction (1921)
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The art of fiction does not begin until the novelist thinks of his story as a matter to be shown, to be so exhibited that it will tell itself.
Percy Lubbock
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Good authors, too, who once knew better words Now only use four-letter words Writing prose — Anything goes.
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Percy Lubbock
Born:
June 4, 1879
Died:
August 1, 1965
(aged 86)
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