She would write 8 or10 words, then draw her gun and shoot them down.
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Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without any annoying delays: don't write about Man, write about a man.
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It was the best place to be, thought Wilbur, this warm delicious cellar, with the garrulous geese, the changing seasons, the heat of the sun, the passage of swallows, the nearness of rats, the sameness of sheep, the love of spiders, the smell of manure, and the glory of everything.
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Birth: | 11th July, 1899 |
Death: | 1st October, 1985 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Author |
E. B. White was an American writer. He was a contributor to The New Yorker magazine and a co-author of the English language style guide, The Elements of Style, which is commonly known as "Strunk & White". He also wrote books for children, including Charlotte's Web, Stuart Little and The Trumpet of the Swan. Charlotte's Web was voted the top children's novel in a 2012 survey of School Library Journal readers, not for the first time.
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