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If you want to study writing, read dickens. that's how to study writing, or faulkner, or d.h. lawrence, or john keats. they can teach you everything you need to know about writing.
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If You Want To Study Writing, Read

Shelby Foote
If you want to study writing, read dickens. that's how to study writing, or faulkner, or d.h. lawrence, or john keats. they can teach you everything you need to know about writing.
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