My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying.
Quote of the Day: Anton Chekhov
I've been reading reviews of my stories for twenty-five years, and can't remember a single useful point in any of them, or the slightest good advice. The only reviewer who ever made an impression on me was Skabichevsky, who prophesied that I would die drunk in the bottom of a ditch.
Quote of the Day: Anton Chekhov
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
