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After Tolstoy [1]

Creative Nonfiction [2]
7.16.12

As Tolstoy's axiom goes, "All great literature is one of two stories; a man goes on a journey or a stranger comes to town." Freewrite for ten minutes about each of these premises, then turn one—or both—into an essay.


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[1] https://www.pw.org/content/after_tolstoy [2] https://www.pw.org/genre/creativenonfiction