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Book Review Preview – How Old Can a ‘Young Writer’ Be? – NYTimes.com
By Paul | June 10, 2010
The comment is made that younger writers make up for their lack of writing expertise with immediate access to the experiences of their youth and older writers, lacking that access, bring more sophisticated writing and style to the table.
“Writers in their youth generally have more direct access to childhood, with its freshets of sensation and revelation. What comes later — technical refinement, command of the literary tradition, deeper understanding of the human condition — may yield different results but not always richer or more artful ones.”
That evades the question of how a larger and more comprehensive life experience can impact writing by providing more extensive material for the writer to use.
Book Review Preview – How Old Can a ‘Young Writer’ Be? – NYTimes.com.
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