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Margaret Atwood’s 10 Rules of Writing
Margaret Atwood’s 10 Rules of Writing

“­Do back exercises. Pain is distracting.”

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Zadie Smith’s 10 Rules of Writing
Zadie Smith’s 10 Rules of Writing

“Resign yourself to the lifelong sadness that comes from never ­being satisfied.”

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The First Ads for Famous Books
The First Ads for Famous Books

Because even genius needs share of voice to succeed.

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Why Emotional Excess is Essential to Writing and Creativity
Why Emotional Excess is Essential to Writing and Creativity

“Something is always born of excess: great art was born of great terrors, great loneliness, great inhibitions, instabilities, and it always balances them.”

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Ezra Pound’s List of the Six Types of Writers, Plus His Two Rules for Forming an Opinion
Ezra Pound’s List of the Six Types of Writers, Plus His Two Rules for Forming an Opinion

A taxonomy of scribe sensibilities, with some advice on how to make up your mind.

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Neil Gaiman’s 8 Rules of Writing
Neil Gaiman’s 8 Rules of Writing

“Perfection is like chasing the horizon. Keep moving.”

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My Struggle: Salvador Dalí’s Credo, Illustrated by Molly Crabapple
My Struggle: Salvador Dalí’s Credo, Illustrated by Molly Crabapple

“Against simplicity/ for complexity . . . against the collective/ for the individual.”

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Christopher Hitchens on Mortality
Christopher Hitchens on Mortality

“To the dumb question ‘Why me?’ the cosmos barely bothers to return the reply: Why not?”

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How to Read Like a Writer
How to Read Like a Writer

“All the elements of good writing depend on the writer’s skill in choosing one word instead of another.”

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A Few Don’ts for Those Beginning to Write Verse from Ezra Pound
A Few Don’ts for Those Beginning to Write Verse from Ezra Pound

“Consider the way of the scientists rather than the way of an advertising agent for a new soap.”

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