‘Abandon the idea that you are ever going to finish’: John Steinbeck’s advice on writing — dangerousminds.net

Responding to a letter from Robert Wallsten, who was “experiencing a kind of stage fright about actually starting to write a biographical work,” John Steinbeck, author of those longtime staples of high school syllabi, The Grapes of Wrath and Of Mice and Men, gave the following advice. Villa Panorama Capri February 13-14, 1962 Your bedridden letter came a couple of days ago and the parts about your book, I think, need an answer…

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