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Shannon new York times if sol Stein has his Way in a year or two publisher sin the United states will be flooded with last moving tightly plotted novels featuring 35-year old Elizabeth Reilly. For Beth is the protagonist in the first two lessons of while pro the Stem creative writing program. Mail order courses How to do it books conferences and classes for aspiring writers arc nothing now of course Many of them seem to Appeal to people who prefer to learn about writing by any Means other than actually 11/ m Silling Down and doing it. I write pro practically a orcs you in Sinclair Lewis s words to apply the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair. The personal computer has made writing less difficult in certain crucial ways but a Blank Omlor screen it has been said is just As Blank As a Blank Shcell of paper the writer still has to fill in up Wilh words that someone else will want and even pay. 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