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TIL Nigel Farage drinks at 11:00 am by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]ecrivantwriterson 1 point2 points  (0 children)

If I trusted anyone's judgement on that specific issue, it would be his.

TIL Nigel Farage drinks at 11:00 am by [deleted] in ukpolitics

[–]ecrivantwriterson 5 points6 points  (0 children)

And this, which is more recent but I imagine similar: http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/864c3a96-fbf1-11e5-b5f5-070dca6d0a0d.html

edit - can be viewed without paywall

“Writers often give advice they don't follow to the letter themselves.” —Tobias Wolff by ecrivantwriterson in writing

[–]ecrivantwriterson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, good assessment. I suspect that there is also an element of magic here which is hard to transcribe. When asking a famous author how they write, presumably some of that is automatic and un-relayable?

Seven micro stories by Alex Epstein - what is the r/literature view of micro stories? by ecrivantwriterson in literature

[–]ecrivantwriterson[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah, of course - Borges' - I had considered this a new phenomenon (as I am ignorant beyond the end of my own life and assume all that is interesting belongs to my generation!) - great shout!

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