The Storytelling Gift Is Innate: One Has It Or One Doesn't. But Style Is At Least Partly A Learned Thing: One Refines It By Looking And Listening And Reading And Practice - By Work. - SearchQuotes

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The storytelling gift is innate: one has it or one doesn't. But style is at least partly a learned thing: one refines it by looking and listening and reading and practice - by work.

Donna Tartt

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