Big writers become a kind of shared climate.

Adam Gopnik
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When some people talk about some writers, they often say that they are like a shared climate. A shared climate is like a group of people who all agree on the same thing. When more people find out about writers, it can be like they are all sharing the same writers. This can be good because the writers will not feel alone, but if lots of people don’t like the writers or think that they are bad, then it can be bad because lots of people will not like them anymore.

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