Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any an… - E.B. White

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Advice to young writers wo want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.

E.B. White

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Elwyn Brooks White (July 11, 1899 – October 1, 1985) was an American essayist, columnist, poet and editor. He is best known today for his work in a writers' guide, The Elements of Style, and for three children's books Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan generally regarded as classics.

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Don't write about Man; write about a man.

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