Who Said Writing Is Easy?
"Because the form of a poem, a play, or a work of fiction may look so inevitable and move so smoothly on the page, it is easy to forget that the work is a product of a series of deliberate choices that the author makes in the course of drafting and revising it" (Hamilton 99).
What I found most interesting about this quote is that it perfectly describes the job of the writer. Readers are not supposed to take notice of how long something must have taken the writer, they are simply supposed to read and analyze. The writer is the one who make this possible. It may be tedious to find the right words, revise, revise again and revise some more, but it the hard work is paid off if the audience is able to read it more smoothly.
What I found most interesting about this quote is that it perfectly describes the job of the writer. Readers are not supposed to take notice of how long something must have taken the writer, they are simply supposed to read and analyze. The writer is the one who make this possible. It may be tedious to find the right words, revise, revise again and revise some more, but it the hard work is paid off if the audience is able to read it more smoothly.
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