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Writers are in control of editing processes - making a sentence better, cutting out a paragraph. But the initial outpouring has very little to do with conscious control or manipulation.
Siri Hustvedt
Siri Hustvedt
Siri Hustvedt
Born: Feb 19, 1955

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Editing, Better, Control, Out, Paragraph, Outpouring, Writers, Making, Very, Processes, Little, Manipulation, Sentence, Cutting, Initial, Conscious

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