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I once asked Ethan Canin to tell me the most valuable thing he knew about writing and without hesitation he said, 'Nothing is as important as a likable narrator. Nothing holds a story together better.' I think he's right. If your narrator is someone whose take on things fascinates you, it isn't really going to matter if nothing much happens for a long time... Having a likable narrator is like having a great friend whose company you love, whose mind you love to pick, whose running commentary tota
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― Bird by Bird
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For you [muses] are divine, and you have the gifts of memory and story; but only the faintest echo of the great tale has come down to me
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― The Aeneid
― The Aeneid
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