Annie Dillard - Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consi...

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Write as if you were dying. At the same time, assume you write for an audience consisting solely of terminal patients. That is, after all, the case. What would you begin writing if you knew you would die soon? What could you say to a dying person that would not enrage by its triviality?

Annie Dillard

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Schreiben Sie, als ob Sie sterben würden. Nehmen Sie gleichzeitig an, dass Sie für ein Publikum schreiben, das ausschließlich aus Patienten besteht, die sich am Ende befinden. Das ist immerhin der Fall. Was würden Sie anfangen zu schreiben, wenn Sie wüssten, dass Sie bald sterben würden? Was können Sie einem Sterbenden sagen, der sich nicht durch seine Kleinigkeit aufregen würde?

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