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There is no rule on how to write. sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
-Ernest Hemingway
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There Is No Rule On How To

Ernest Hemingway
There is no rule on how to write. sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.
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