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Most of what you think you know about writing is useless. It’s the harmful debris of your education—a mixture of half-truths, myths, and false assumptions that prevents you from writing well. Drawing on years of experience as a writer and teacher of writing, Verlyn Klinkenborg offers an approach to writing that will change the way you work and think. There is no gospel, no orthodoxy, no dogma in this book. What you’ll find here isn’t the way to write. Instead, you’ll find a way to clear your mind of illusions about writing and discover how you write.

Several Short Sentences About Writing is a book of first steps and experiments. They will revolutionize the way you think and perceive, and they will change forever the sense of your own authority as a writer. This is a book full of learning, but it’s also a book full of unlearning—a way to recover the vivid, rhythmic, poetic sense of language you once possessed.

An indispensable and unique book that will give you a clear understanding of how to think about what you do when you write and how to improve the quality of your writing.
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Praise for Verlyn Klinkenborg's Several Short Sentences About Writing:

“No other book, old or new, is as well reasoned as this, as entertaining or as wise. . . . Best book on writing. Ever. . . . To paraphrase Voltaire’s statement concerning the Almighty, ‘if Verlyn Klinkenborg did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.’ Because having read Several Short Sentences About Writing, I do not think that it would be possible to not have this book on hand. . . . Indeed, no other book is as filled with as much grounded, practical advice for putting words to the paper or electronic page or gives better, more helpful exercises.”
—New York Journal of Books

“Powerful . . . each sentence miraculously contains an idea or insight that lesser writers would have milked for several pages.”
—Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
 
“An exceptionally interesting and useful book about writing.”
—Tom McGuane
 
“A fresh perspective on writing that goes against conventional classroom theory.”
—Shelf Awareness

“Klinkenborg does away with much of the traditional wisdom on writing and dissects the sentence—its structure, its intention, its semantic craftsmanship—to deliver a new, useful, and direct guide to the art of storytelling.”
—Brain Pickings

“Expertise and zeal are required for an established writer to offer genuinely useful guidance to aspiring writers. It also helps if the writer teaches writing, as Klinkenborg has for many years. . . . The result is a unique anatomy of the sentence and the writing mind and a clarifying and invigorating ‘book of first steps.’”
—Booklist

"This is a very interesting little book about writing. Modest. Learned. Good-natured. Direct and sympathetic to its readers. You don't even have to read it front to back (probably you couldn't, anyway). You can just open it anywhere—as I did—and take away something useful."
—Richard Ford

“There have been good books on grammar and style, some classics, but none to compare to this one for understanding where sentences come from in the first place, where their vitality is found, and what distinguishes their energy,  their authenticity, and their prospects for life after birth—that is, the art of revision. This book's long future will be a testament to its author's principles.”
—Tom McGuane

About the Author

Verlyn Klinkenborg is a member of the editorial board of The New York Times, to which he also contributes meditations about his farm in upstate New York, collected in The Rural Life. His other books include Making Hay, The Last Fine Time, and Timothy; or, Notes of an Abject Reptile. Klinkenborg has a Ph.D. in English literature from Princeton University.

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  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
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  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 226 pages
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5.0 out of 5 stars I felt like he was criticizing me personally
Reviewed in the United States on September 25, 2017
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Book Review:

When I
First started this journey,
I wasn’t sure what I was going to
Expect.

Yet, my expectations
Were exceeded.

But not from the start.
You see,
This book was an
Eye opener
For me.
But I was hesitant at first.

I have been so
Limited my entire writing
Life.
And I didn’t even know it.
The limitations I have felt
Through my
Writing
I believed were
Circumstantial.
The deadlines, the rubric, the rules….
Unfortunately as it turns out, I was limited
Because I did not know how to write.
Not even close.

But now,
I feel clean.
Klinkenborg takes what
We think we know,
Completely disregards it and finds its replacement-
The truth.

It was hard at first,
To be open to learning something completely new.
It was as if
He took everything that I had believed,
And threw it into a fire.
Each ember that sparked out of the scarlet blaze
Symbolized pieces of the old me
Screaming out to be kept alive.
But to be a new me,
I had to learn to let those embers die.

At times,
I felt like he was criticizing me personally,
And I got frustrated.
I was annoyed with the idea that I could be wrong
About something that I love.
How egotistical of me.
Of course I could be wrong.
And soon after I had this realization
I let his words seep into
My newly found skin.

The way he spoke about
Distrusting flow- something
That I thought I should
Value
As a writer,
Captured my attention.
I was a little bit apprehensive
To actually believe what he was saying.
“Flow” is something that I was taught to
Treasure.
But as he explained the thought process behind it,
I began to understand.

Klinkenborg says to
“Depend entirely on the sentence you’re making.”
Entirely on one sentence.
That is what you will use to determine the
Fate
Of the next sentence
And the one after that.

I specifically found comfort in the way
He spoke about
Cliches.
When writing short stories or creative pieces,
I often think that everything has
Already been said.
And yet we continue to say them,
So the cliches continue,
In a long cycle.

But,
What I have come to learn in my time with this book is that, Klinkenborg has a way around the Cliches.
If you focus on the words of the sentence you are
Currently making, and not the
Meaning
Or
Intent
Of the whole piece,
You will
Realize
That the meaning and intent depend entirely on the
Sentence
you are writing right now.

I also found his thoughts about “complete” writing
Compelling.
I am one who will get
Lost
In what I’m writing from time to time.
I find myself
Creating sentences without focusing on what the words
Are
Actually
Saying.

Klinkenborg says that when work is really complete,
The writer
Knows
How each sentence got that way.
That is something that I struggle with.
I use words the wrong way.
I create sentences that make
Absolutely no sense,
And then I look back at them and
Laugh
At myself.

This book has inspired me in ways
I did not know I could be
Inspired by.
Looking into myself as not only a
Writer
But also a
Person.
The time that I have had to
Relfect
On all of my choices,
Writing and in general,
Has
Changed
The way that I think of myself.

I hope that I can
Consistently
Refer back to this book for
Help.

Klinkenborg knows what he is saying,
And I now aspire
To have that feeling-
The feeling of just simply
Knowing
One day.

Book Review:

When I
First started this journey,
I wasn’t sure what I was going to
Expect.

Yet, my expectations
Were exceeded.

But not from the start.
You see,
This book was an
Eye opener
For me.
But I was hesitant at first.

I have been so
Limited my entire writing
Life.
And I didn’t even know it.
The limitations I have felt
Through my
Writing
I believed were
Circumstantial.
The deadlines, the rubric, the rules….
Unfortunately as it turns out, I was limited
Because I did not know how to write.
Not even close.

But now,
I feel clean.
Klinkenborg takes what
We think we know,
Completely disregards it and finds its replacement-
The truth.

It was hard at first,
To be open to learning something completely new.
It was as if
He took everything that I had believed,
And threw it into a fire.
Each ember that sparked out of the scarlet blaze
Symbolized pieces of the old me
Screaming out to be kept alive.
But to be a new me,
I had to learn to let those embers die.

At times,
I felt like he was criticizing me personally,
And I got frustrated.
I was annoyed with the idea that I could be wrong
About something that I love.
How egotistical of me.
Of course I could be wrong.
And soon after I had this realization
I let his words seep into
My newly found skin.

The way he spoke about
Distrusting flow- something
That I thought I should
Value
As a writer,
Captured my attention.
I was a little bit apprehensive
To actually believe what he was saying.
“Flow” is something that I was taught to
Treasure.
But as he explained the thought process behind it,
I began to understand.

Klinkenborg says to
“Depend entirely on the sentence you’re making.”
Entirely on one sentence.
That is what you will use to determine the
Fate
Of the next sentence
And the one after that.

I specifically found comfort in the way
He spoke about
Cliches.
When writing short stories or creative pieces,
I often think that everything has
Already been said.
And yet we continue to say them,
So the cliches continue,
In a long cycle.

But,
What I have come to learn in my time with this book is that, Klinkenborg has a way around the Cliches.
If you focus on the words of the sentence you are
Currently making, and not the
Meaning
Or
Intent
Of the whole piece,
You will
Realize
That the meaning and intent depend entirely on the
Sentence
you are writing right now.

I also found his thoughts about “complete” writing
Compelling.
I am one who will get
Lost
In what I’m writing from time to time.
I find myself
Creating sentences without focusing on what the words
Are
Actually
Saying.

Klinkenborg says that when work is really complete,
The writer
Knows
How each sentence got that way.
That is something that I struggle with.
I use words the wrong way.
I create sentences that make
Absolutely no sense,
And then I look back at them and
Laugh
At myself.

This book has inspired me in ways
I did not know I could be
Inspired by.
Looking into myself as not only a
Writer
But also a
Person.
The time that I have had to
Relfect
On all of my choices,
Writing and in general,
Has
Changed
The way that I think of myself.

I hope that I can
Consistently
Refer back to this book for
Help.

Klinkenborg knows what he is saying,
And I now aspire
To have that feeling-
The feeling of just simply
Knowing
One day.

Book Review:

When I
First started this journey,
I wasn’t sure what I was going to
Expect.

Yet, my expectations
Were exceeded.

But not from the start.
You see,
This book was an
Eye opener
For me.
But I was hesitant at first.

I have been so
Limited my entire writing
Life.
And I didn’t even know it.
The limitations I have felt
Through my
Writing
I believed were
Circumstantial.
The deadlines, the rubric, the rules….
Unfortunately as it turns out, I was limited
Because I did not know how to write.
Not even close.

But now,
I feel clean.
Klinkenborg takes what
We think we know,
Completely disregards it and finds its replacement-
The truth.

It was hard at first,
To be open to learning something completely new.
It was as if
He took everything that I had believed,
And threw it into a fire.
Each ember that sparked out of the scarlet blaze
Symbolized pieces of the old me
Screaming out to be kept alive.
But to be a new me,
I had to learn to let those embers die.

At times,
I felt like he was criticizing me personally,
And I got frustrated.
I was annoyed with the idea that I could be wrong
About something that I love.
How egotistical of me.
Of course I could be wrong.
And soon after I had this realization
I let his words seep into
My newly found skin.

The way he spoke about
Distrusting flow- something
That I thought I should
Value
As a writer,
Captured my attention.
I was a little bit apprehensive
To actually believe what he was saying.
“Flow” is something that I was taught to
Treasure.
But as he explained the thought process behind it,
I began to understand.

Klinkenborg says to
“Depend entirely on the sentence you’re making.”
Entirely on one sentence.
That is what you will use to determine the
Fate
Of the next sentence
And the one after that.

I specifically found comfort in the way
He spoke about
Cliches.
When writing short stories or creative pieces,
I often think that everything has
Already been said.
And yet we continue to say them,
So the cliches continue,
In a long cycle.

But,
What I have come to learn in my time with this book is that, Klinkenborg has a way around the Cliches.
If you focus on the words of the sentence you are
Currently making, and not the
Meaning
Or
Intent
Of the whole piece,
You will
Realize
That the meaning and intent depend entirely on the
Sentence
you are writing right now.

I also found his thoughts about “complete” writing
Compelling.
I am one who will get
Lost
In what I’m writing from time to time.
I find myself
Creating sentences without focusing on what the words
Are
Actually
Saying.

Klinkenborg says that when work is really complete,
The writer
Knows
How each sentence got that way.
That is something that I struggle with.
I use words the wrong way.
I create sentences that make
Absolutely no sense,
And then I look back at them and
Laugh
At myself.

This book has inspired me in ways
I did not know I could be
Inspired by.
Looking into myself as not only a
Writer
But also a
Person.
The time that I have had to
Relfect
On all of my choices,
Writing and in general,
Has
Changed
The way that I think of myself.

I hope that I can
Consistently
Refer back to this book for
Help.

Klinkenborg knows what he is saying,
And I now aspire
To have that feeling-
The feeling of just simply
Knowing
One day.

Book Review:

When I
First started this journey,
I wasn’t sure what I was going to
Expect.

Yet, my expectations
Were exceeded.

But not from the start.
You see,
This book was an
Eye opener
For me.
But I was hesitant at first.

I have been so
Limited my entire writing
Life.
And I didn’t even know it.
The limitations I have felt
Through my
Writing
I believed were
Circumstantial.
The deadlines, the rubric, the rules….
Unfortunately as it turns out, I was limited
Because I did not know how to write.
Not even close.

But now,
I feel clean.
Klinkenborg takes what
We think we know,
Completely disregards it and finds its replacement-
The truth.

It was hard at first,
To be open to learning something completely new.
It was as if
He took everything that I had believed,
And threw it into a fire.
Each ember that sparked out of the scarlet blaze
Symbolized pieces of the old me
Screaming out to be kept alive.
But to be a new me,
I had to learn to let those embers die.

At times,
I felt like he was criticizing me personally,
And I got frustrated.
I was annoyed with the idea that I could be wrong
About something that I love.
How egotistical of me.
Of course I could be wrong.
And soon after I had this realization
I let his words seep into
My newly found skin.

The way he spoke about
Distrusting flow- something
That I thought I should
Value
As a writer,
Captured my attention.
I was a little bit apprehensive
To actually believe what he was saying.
“Flow” is something that I was taught to
Treasure.
But as he explained the thought process behind it,
I began to understand.

Klinkenborg says to
“Depend entirely on the sentence you’re making.”
Entirely on one sentence.
That is what you will use to determine the
Fate
Of the next sentence
And the one after that.

I specifically found comfort in the way
He spoke about
Cliches.
When writing short stories or creative pieces,
I often think that everything has
Already been said.
And yet we continue to say them,
So the cliches continue,
In a long cycle.

But,
What I have come to learn in my time with this book is that, Klinkenborg has a way around the Cliches.
If you focus on the words of the sentence you are
Currently making, and not the
Meaning
Or
Intent
Of the whole piece,
You will
Realize
That the meaning and intent depend entirely on the
Sentence
you are writing right now.

I also found his thoughts about “complete” writing
Compelling.
I am one who will get
Lost
In what I’m writing from time to time.
I find myself
Creating sentences without focusing on what the words
Are
Actually
Saying.

Klinkenborg says that when work is really complete,
The writer
Knows
How each sentence got that way.
That is something that I struggle with.
I use words the wrong way.
I create sentences that make
Absolutely no sense,
And then I look back at them and
Laugh
At myself.

This book has inspired me in ways
I did not know I could be
Inspired by.
Looking into myself as not only a
Writer
But also a
Person.
The time that I have had to
Relfect
On all of my choices,
Writing and in general,
Has
Changed
The way that I think of myself.

I hope that I can
Consistently
Refer back to this book for
Help.

Klinkenborg knows what he is saying,
And I now aspire
To have that feeling-
The feeling of just simply
Knowing
One day.

When I
First started this journey,
I wasn’t sure what I was going to
Expect.

Yet, my expectations
Were exceeded.

But not from the start.
You see,
This book was an
Eye opener
For me.
But I was hesitant at first.

I have been so
Limited my entire writing
Life.
And I didn’t even know it.
The limitations I have felt
Through my
Writing
I believed were
Circumstantial.
The deadlines, the rubric, the rules….
Unfortunately as it turns out, I was limited
Because I did not know how to write.
Not even close.

But now,
I feel clean.
Klinkenborg takes what
We think we know,
Completely disregards it and finds its replacement-
The truth.

It was hard at first,
To be open to learning something completely new.
It was as if
He took everything that I had believed,
And threw it into a fire.
Each ember that sparked out of the scarlet blaze
Symbolized pieces of the old me
Screaming out to be kept alive.
But to be a new me,
I had to learn to let those embers die.

At times,
I felt like he was criticizing me personally,
And I got frustrated.
I was annoyed with the idea that I could be wrong
About something that I love.
How egotistical of me.
Of course I could be wrong.
And soon after I had this realization
I let his words seep into
My newly found skin.

The way he spoke about
Distrusting flow- something
That I thought I should
Value
As a writer,
Captured my attention.
I was a little bit apprehensive
To actually believe what he was saying.
“Flow” is something that I was taught to
Treasure.
But as he explained the thought process behind it,
I began to understand.

Klinkenborg says to
“Depend entirely on the sentence you’re making.”
Entirely on one sentence.
That is what you will use to determine the
Fate
Of the next sentence
And the one after that.

I specifically found comfort in the way
He spoke about
Cliches.
When writing short stories or creative pieces,
I often think that everything has
Already been said.
And yet we continue to say them,
So the cliches continue,
In a long cycle.

But,
What I have come to learn in my time with this book is that, Klinkenborg has a way around the Cliches.
If you focus on the words of the sentence you are
Currently making, and not the
Meaning
Or
Intent
Of the whole piece,
You will
Realize
That the meaning and intent depend entirely on the
Sentence
you are writing right now.

I also found his thoughts about “complete” writing
Compelling.
I am one who will get
Lost
In what I’m writing from time to time.
I find myself
Creating sentences without focusing on what the words
Are
Actually
Saying.

Klinkenborg says that when work is really complete,
The writer
Knows
How each sentence got that way.
That is something that I struggle with.
I use words the wrong way.
I create sentences that make
Absolutely no sense,
And then I look back at them and
Laugh
At myself.

This book has inspired me in ways
I did not know I could be
Inspired by.
Looking into myself as not only a
Writer
But also a
Person.
The time that I have had to
Relfect
On all of my choices,
Writing and in general,
Has
Changed
The way that I think of myself.

I hope that I can
Consistently
Refer back to this book for
Help.

Klinkenborg knows what he is saying,
And I now aspire
To have that feeling-
The feeling of just simply
Knowing
One day.
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5.0 out of 5 stars What I needed
Reviewed in the United States on April 15, 2024
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All I want in life is to write effective and enjoyable sentences. I want my readers to consume my sentences like Christmas cookies off a holiday platter. Is that so much to ask?

So many writing books talk about everything but writing a good sentence. "As a writer, I work at home in my pajamas." [eye roll emoji]

I know of no other book that gets at so many mental obstacles to writing a good sentence like this book. I've read it 3 times.
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Reviewed in the United States on September 24, 2017
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Verlyn Klinkenborg’s book definitely lived up to its title.
With brilliantly sculpted, concise sentences,
Never more than a line and a half,
He shows the power of short sentences by using just that.
A man who practices what he preaches,
I appreciate that.
You’d expect short sentences to sound choppy
And not flow (“Flow is something the reader experiences”),
But I was surprised by the ease of reading it.
The clear and simple language made it easy to follow
And I enjoyed the rhythm of the short sentences.
The short sentences, each one beginning a new line, made it a smooth read,
Even just based on aesthetics.
The pages are less daunting because of the spacing and simplicity.
I was more inclined to begin and continue reading just because it looked less intimidating.
First impressions are key, and just flipping through the pages is relaxing.
Unlike novels with tiny lettering and tight spacing, which you immediately dread beginning for this reason,
This book’s structure is playful,
Almost like a children’s book at a glance.

I appreciate the concision of the book.
With every useless word erased, I know that every word, every sentence is vital, or else he wouldn’t have included it.
I think this makes Klinkenborg more believable.
I was more willing to trust what he wrote because he thought it worth keeping.
He didn’t repeat words or ideas, so if something kept showing up,
I knew it was worthwhile.
He wouldn’t have wasted the words otherwise.
There is a time for elaboration, imagery, lots of description,
But some writers get carried away in the minute details and cloud the reader’s head, focus lost.
This was not the case for Klinkenborg.
I respect his ability to keep his sentences clear and smooth with such concision,
It’s a lot harder than it seems.
Words hold a lot more weight.

My emotions were more mixed about his content.
It’s a bold move to tell the reader that everything he/she has learned about writing is wrong,
To undermine everything they think they know about the subject you’re discussing.
I was taken aback by it.
One by one he rejected all I have learned:
Outlines,
Topic sentences,
Transitions,
Chronological order,
Lengthy descriptions,
Revisions,
Peer editing,
Flowing words,
Volunteer sentences,
Knowing the direction of your piece,
Having a point.
As time went on and Klinkenborg debunked more of my “misconceptions,”
It became harder to believe him.
I’d like to believe that at least some of my past teachers new a thing or two about writing.
It’s his word against all my teachers’ words from the past ten years.
If he’s really right, then why are these things branded into our heads from a young age?
We learned writing to be formulaic and structured, and the carpet’s been ripped out from under our feet.
I’m not sure how to take it.

But beyond his rules were some really interesting insights I still find myself thinking about.
I often found myself reading quotes aloud to my friends while reading on the beach,
They didn’t appreciate them as much as me.
One that stands out is the image of the sentences taking the stage one by one, and they don’t wave to their friends in the audience.
I will never forget this line.
I’m still laughing.
I also can’t stop thinking about how we don’t really know why we think things to be true, other than the fact that we’ve heard them somewhere.
Klinkenborg wants us to question everything, and since he proposed this idea I have been questioning everything I know.

I still ponder his insightful observations and his rejection of my learnt writing,
But I think I’m going to believe him.
I’ll try to take his word for the things I’m uncertain about,
Because I am still in awe of the grace of his sentences, his style and formatting.
And if he really got his book like this by taking his own advice,
Then I ought to give it a try.
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Horror Reader
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Writing Resource
Reviewed in the United States on March 27, 2024
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At one point reading this book, I took up my pencil to scribble retorts to the author's advice. His professorial know-it-all-ness pissed me off. I felt better once I wrote "No!" and "This is wrong!" in the margins.

Something, however, compelled me to keep reading and my marginalia cheered "Yes" and "Exactly" and "Right on!"

By the final exercises, I was fully engaged, revising each one, twisting it, exploring the possibilities, and discovering style and authority. Writing is not explanation, it's testimony.

Funny sometimes you must learn how to read a book.
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Vanessa Cobb
5.0 out of 5 stars A Masterpiece in Brevity
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 14, 2022
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Rapidly, this has become one of my favourite books about writing. It’s never far from my desk. If ever words could capture the infinite possibility of a sentence, these do.
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Naman
5.0 out of 5 stars No matter what your profession is, you should read this book!
Reviewed in India on May 15, 2021
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No matter what your profession is, you should buy this book! It states the facts about consciousness —not explicitly "consciousness"— that I said for years, regarding learning!
This is not a "Grammar Rule Book" though. But everyone should have this book.
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Lettaco
1.0 out of 5 stars a painful read
Reviewed in Spain on December 29, 2020
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A few short sentences about this book. It's a painfully rambling read. The way the author has arranged his sentences in broken lines throughout most of the book made it very hard to follow and gave me a headache every time. It's not an insightful, helpful or practical book at all. I honestly don't get the point, the hype, or the four/five star ratings. I definitely wouldn't recommend it to anyone!
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José Daniel Franco Fernández
5.0 out of 5 stars Excelente libro.
Reviewed in Mexico on September 7, 2018
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Excelente libro.
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ALS
5.0 out of 5 stars best book on writing I've read
Reviewed in Germany on December 30, 2019
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Since buying this, I've recommended it a dozen times and gifted it three times. Changed how I think about writing.
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