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Today’s wisdom was culled from an interview with American novelist, poet, literary critic, and educator Garth Greenwell. Here are sentences that resonated with me:
“The structure of workshop can suggest that success as a writer means appealing to the largest number of readers. I just don’t think that’s true. I don’t think there’s any strong book that is pleasing to everyone. Many of the books that I love best are books that seem to be pleasing to quite few people…. [M]ore emphasis should be put on the idea that your peculiarities and your eccentricities are the things you write into.”
Amen.
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