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A concise lesson in the art of being oneself while artist

Writers are often quoted, rightly or wrongly, perhaps because their natural and instinctive job is to tell things beautifully or meaningfully, or in an entertaining way, or with some weight required to be taken seriously. Consider this one, by Tolstoy. “War and Peace  is what the author wished and was able to express in the form in which it […]

Writing is not a democracy

George R.R. Martin, the author of the Game of Thrones saga, once said that writing is not a democratic process. Faced with a  tremendous success of his saga, he confessed to being inundated with requests of those readers who wanted to write a chapter, change a story line, kill a character, create a character, add […]