To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength.

Lawrence Clark Powell
To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs...
To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs...
To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs...
To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs...
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To achieve lasting literature, fictional or factual, a writer needs perceptive vision, absorptive capacity, and creative strength. The combination of these three qualities makes a writer a good writer. A person with great vision can see the potential in something and make it better than it would be otherwise. A person with strong concentration can absorb the content of something and make it useful for other people. And, a person who is creative can use what he or she has absorbed to make yet another thing that will change the world and enrich the lives of others.

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