When seriously explored, the short story seems to me the most difficul…

Truman Capote
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When seriously explored, the short story seems to me the most difficult and disciplining form of prose writing extant. Whatever control and technique I may have I owe entirely to my training in this medium. ✨ Truman Capote's previously unknown boyhood tales published by Philip Oltermann, www.theguardian.com. October 9, 2014.
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