Thu 4 May 2017
Striking out
Posted by PJ under quote of the day, rewrites, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:
“When one has written a story I believe that one ought to strike out both the beginning and the end. That is where we novelists are most inclined to lie.”
—Anton Chekhov, as remembered by Ivan Bunin in A. P. Chekhov (tr. Constance Garnett)
Disclaimer: The views expressed in this random quote of the day do not necessarily reflect the views of the poster, her immediate family, Lucy and Ethel, Justin Bieber, or the Kardashian Klan. They do, however, sometimes reflect the views of the Cottingley Fairies.
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