ext_88293 ([identity profile] mbarker.livejournal.com) wrote in [community profile] writercises2008-05-23 09:52 pm
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QUOTE: To write, perchance to dream...

Original Posting: Fri, 30 Apr 1993 18:32:02 JST

"Every apprentice writer has, however he may try to keep it secret even from himself, only one major goal: glory. The shoddy writer wants only publication."

From "The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers" by John Gardner (Random House, 1991) p. 200.

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