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A great personal essay by the novelist Alexander Chee, who studied under Dillard in the late ‘80’s. Lots of money quotes in this one. My favorite:
Talent isn’t enough, she had told us. Writing is work. Anyone can do this, anyone can learn to do this. It’s not rocket science, it’s habits of mind and habits of work. I started with people much more talented than me, she said, and they’re dead or in jail or not writing. The difference between myself and them is that I’m writing.
