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ARE WRITERS CRAZY TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF HOURS WRITING? By Art Smukler, author & psychiatrist
Can a writer get money, fame, prestige, and power if his work is successful? Sure, but how many Conroys, Salingers, or Twains will actually emerge from today’s millions of hungry scribes, and can those few produce characters like Tom Wingo, … Continue reading
Posted in CHASING BACKWARDS, a psychological murder mystery, Psychiatry, Self Examination, Skin Dance, a mystery, The Man with a Microphone in his Ear, Writing
Tagged Catcher in the Rye, Huck Finn, Inside the mind of a psychiatrist, mark Twain, Pat Conroy, Sophie's Choice and editing, The passion of writing, The psychology of writing, Tom Wingo
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INSIDE THE MIND OF A PSYCHIATRIST 