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'Lives' is one of those books I should really have written when I was younger. It is the classic childhood, adolescence, breakthrough-into-maturity book. Every beginning writer has that material - and after that, you're not sure what you can do.

~Alice Munro

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I seem to turn out stories that violate the discipline of the short story form and don't obey the rules of progression for novels. I don't think about a particular form: I think more about fiction, let's say a chunk of fiction.

~Alice Munro

Topics: About Chunk Discipline Fiction Form More Novels Obey Out Particular Progression Rules Say Seem Short Short Story Stories Story Think Turn Violate I Think

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It's not possible to advise a young writer because every young writer is so different. You might say, 'Read,' but a writer can read too much and be paralyzed. Or, 'Don't read, don't think, just write,' and the result could be a mountain of drivel.

~Alice Munro

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I'm always trying. Between every book, I think, 'Well now, it's time to get down to the serious stuff.'

~Alice Munro

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Biography

Nationality: Canadian

Type: Writer

Born: July 10th, 1931

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