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Ray Bradbury's Advice on Writing
Ray Bradbury's Advice on Writing
By Cassandra Mehlenbacher
August 22, 2014

On what would’ve been the famed author’s 94th birthday, twelves bits of his advice for writers.

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Write, Camera, Action: 11 Authors Who Wrote Screenplays
Write, Camera, Action: 11 Authors Who Wrote Screenplays
By Michelle King
June 03, 2014

And you thought Joan Didion, William Faulkner and Dave Eggers only wrote books.

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The 7 Strangest Reasons the F.B.I. Investigated Famous Writers
The 7 Strangest Reasons the F.B.I. Investigated Famous Writers
By Freddie Moore
November 05, 2013

On this, the anniversary of the F.B.I.’s report on Langston Hughes, we revisit the bureau’s oddest forays into the literary world.

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