A Lousy Writing Course
The get-rich-quick template applied to writing. Doomed to failure, of course.
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Friday, November 18, 2011
The get-rich-quick template applied to writing. Doomed to failure, of course.
Alan Moore's advice for Young Artists
This is just about the best advice to artists I've encountered and it certainly resonates with me, given my last year or so's experience in writing Dennis Hopper: The Wild Ride of a Hollywood Rebel and what has happened–or, to be more precise, hasn't happened–since its publication.
Labels: Alan Moore, art, fame, success, writing
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