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“I started out scribbling out stories as soon as I learned how to write”Spencer, “What it Means…” 91.Five-time O. Henry Award winner Elizabeth Spencer often said that the sole purpose of her writing is to create a fictional world her readers can relate to. In the short essay “On Writing Fiction,” s...

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Publicado en:URI:https://journals.openedition.org/jsse,
Autor principal: Préher, Gérald
Formato: Article ou chapitre numérique
Lenguaje:Anglais
Publicado: Journal of the Short Story in English 2020
Acceso en línea:Accès Université d'Orléans et IFPM
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Sumario:“I started out scribbling out stories as soon as I learned how to write”Spencer, “What it Means…” 91.Five-time O. Henry Award winner Elizabeth Spencer often said that the sole purpose of her writing is to create a fictional world her readers can relate to. In the short essay “On Writing Fiction,” she explains: I look on myself as a story teller and on each story I tell . . . as a unique thing demanding my best efforts. I give to each with considerable trepidation and considerable joy. I have...