"…And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true."
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“That’s part of the job of being a writer. There is a falseness to it. “
"That’s part of the job of being a writer. Continue reading ““That’s part of the job of being a writer. There is a falseness to it. “”
A writer is stalked by a former student
A man who thinks too much is
harassed by a woman’s outrageous lies.
James Lasdun, a writer and teacher, wrote an article about his experience of being stalked online and through emails by a former student he labels with the pseudonym Nasreen. Continue reading “A writer is stalked by a former student”
“A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction”
– William Faulkner
"Faulkner was skillful in creating complicated situations that involve a variety of characters, each with a different reaction to the situation. Continue reading ““A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction””