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Name: On becoming a novelist
Author: John Gardner

📘 On becoming a novelist by John Gardner

Contains advice to young writers organized around three main questions: Am I talented enough? How should I educate myself? Can I make a living from writing fiction?

First publish date: 1983

Subjects: Fiction, Technique, Vocational guidance, Authorship, Roman

Authors: John Gardner

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