I think this story-writing business is the foolishest yet, " scoffed Marilla. "You'll get a pack of nonsense into your heads and waste time that should be put to your lessons. Reading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse.

L.m. Montgomery
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Marilla is basically saying that the writing of stories is a waste of time and not very good for one's work ethic. The idea is that when you write a story, you become absorbed in it and forget all your schoolwork. It is not good to put one's work off when there is something much more important to do, like learning and reading and writing and such things.

Source: Anne Of Green Gables

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