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“ It wont do to say that the reader is too dumb or too lazy to keep pace with the train of thought. If the reader is lost, it's usually because the writer hasn't be careful enough. ”

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Don’t try to visualize the great mass audience. There is no such audience—every reader is a different person.

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Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it's because they contain a larger truth that your readers will recognize in their own lives. Think small and you'll wind up finding the big themes in your family saga.

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Less is more.

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Vulnerability has a strength of its own.

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