How to Write an Important Novel
“But can you?”
“Can I what?”
“Write an important novel.”
“Of course I can. All you have to do is cut out the plot and shove in plenty of misery.”
- P.G. Wodehouse, Ice in the Bedroom
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“But can you?”
“Can I what?”
“Write an important novel.”
“Of course I can. All you have to do is cut out the plot and shove in plenty of misery.”
- P.G. Wodehouse, Ice in the Bedroom
(via wwnorton)
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Putting this story (and myself) to bed. The submitting fun begins tomorrow.
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