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For Success, The Author Must Make The Reader Care About The Destiny Of The Principals, And Sustain This Anxiety, Or Suspense, For About 100,000 Words.

We’re All Good When It Suits Us, He Used To Say: That Doesn’t Count. It’s When You Want So Badly To Do Something Wrong—when You’re About To Make A Fortune From A Dishonest Deal, Or Kiss The Lovely Lips Of Your Neighbor’s Wife, Or Tell A Lie To Get Yourself Out Of Terrible Trouble—that’s When You Need The Rules. Your Integrity Is Like A Sword, He Would Say: You Shouldn’t Wave It Until You’re About To Put It To The Test.

We All Now Tell Stories By Cutting From One Dramatic Scene To The Next, Whereas Victorian Novelists Felt Free To Write Long Passages Of Undramatic Summary.

Why Was It, Lloyd Wondered, That The People Who Wanted To Destroy Everything Good About Their Country Were The Quickest To Wave The National Flag?

You Never Know," Jack Said Speculatively. "there May Come A Time When Savages Like William Hamleigh Aren't In Power; When The Laws Protect The Ordinary People Instead Of Enslaving Them; When The King Makes Peace Instead Of War. Think Of That - A Time When Towns In England Don't Need Walls!