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"A work of fiction should be, for its author, a journey into the unknown, and the prose should convey the difficulties of the journey."

Anthony Burgess, English Novelist

Novel, Fiction, Writing, Discovery, Creativity

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"A work of fiction should be, for its author, a journey into the unknown, and the prose should convey the difficulties of the journey."

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