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A Life of Dreams

James Salter lived a varied life: fighter pilot, screen writer and novelist. He wrote, There comes a time when you realise that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real. Are all experiences ephemeral and only the written word endures (Ozymandias, King of Kings)? Salter’s writing flows with images…

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Can Writing Be Taught?

Raymond Chandler said that writing was like red hair, you either have it or you don’t. Presumably, he would have allowed that, if you have it, you could improve. But, writing comes from the belly, not the head, so no amount of thinking about it could make you a better writer. Because, Everything a writer learns about his…

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