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| Stephen Leacock's Old Brewery Bay, Orillia |
"The best practical advice that can be given on this subject is, don't start. That is, don't start anywhere in particular. Begin at the end: begin in the middle, but begin. If you like you can fool yourself by pretending that the start you make isn't really the beginning and that you are going to write it all over again. Pretend that what you write is just a note, a fragment, a nothing. Only get started."
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~ Stephen Leacock (1869 - 1944) Canadian teacher, writer, humorist. How to Write, New York 1943, p.27.
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"Good, no-nonsense, cold-blooded advice. Writing's hard, but the hardest part is just to get started." ~ Lawrence Miller. Author of The Avro Arrow, A Picture History, Lorimer, 2011. Laurie has taught, edited and had a typography and graphic arts shop. He lives in Caledonia, ON.
