In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,…

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In many cases when a reader puts a story aside because it 'got boring,' the boredom arose because the writer grew enchanted with his powers of description and lost sight of his priority, which is to keep the ball rolling. ✨ Stephen King (2000). On Writing: A Memoir Of The Craft, p.115, Simon and Schuster
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