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Article: Backstory: Writers and editors; (Ed. note: how about editors and writers).(FEATURES)(WEEKEND)
- Article from:
- The Christian Science Monitor
- Article date:
- February 17, 2006
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Byline: Peter Crabbe
I can't tell you how often people tell me that what they really want to do in life is be a writer.
My response? "Why?"
"Oh," they say with gusto, "I would love to tell the world what I am thinking. When you are a writer you have such creative control. No one tells you what you can say. The page is your canvas of free thought and expression."
A blank stare from me.
"Free thought and expression?" Do I let them down gently or do I just burst out laughing?
(Ed. note: this seems a bit sarcastic early on. suggest you change this line to something more whimsical and less stereotypically hard-bitten ...