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Annie Dillard
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Living by Fiction
by Annie Dillard

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exegesis »
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(from the Greek for "to lead out") a critical exp…
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maundering »
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rambling OR meandering
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bivouac »
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(noun) a usually temporary encampment under littl…
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emendation »
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the process of making a revision or correction to…
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baleful »
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(adjective) deadly or pernicious in influence / (…
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an elaborated, painterly prose
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[...] I think fine writing in fictional prose comes into it…
where perfect clarity is not possible
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[...] It is an energy. It sacrifices perfect control to the…
this prose is not an end in itself, but a means
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Plain writing is by no means easy writing. The _mot juste_ …
there is no such thing as a mere symbol
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Symbol does not only refer; it acts. There is no such thing…