That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is m…

V. S. Naipaul
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That element of surprise is what I look for when I am writing. It is my way of judging what I am doing - which is never an easy thing to do. ✨ V. S. Naipaul (2012). Literary Occasions: Essays, p.188, Pan Macmillan
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