Tuesday, April 17, 2007

LITERATURE

The literature which really counts as i have more than once insisted, is the literature which is made, not out of other literature, but of life; and for a living literature no models will suffice.

- W H HUDSON, An Introduction to the study of literature.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

HOW TO START WRITING NOVELS?

You can not interest your readers in any character unless you have first made them hate or like him.

- Herketh Pearson, Dickens.

SHORT STORIES

Here we have the test of the short story unity. Right from the opening sentence ther must be one aim only; there must be one idea only to be established.

- Peter Westland, Literary Appreciation.

Wednesday, April 04, 2007

Great Novels

A truly great Novel is a tale to the simple, a parable to the wise, and a direct revelation of reality in the light of an unique consciousness to the man who has made it part of his being.

- J M MURRY, DISCOVERIES.

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