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Creating a Text – Winston Churchill

john baker, August 7th, 2007. 2 comments. Filed under blogging, quotations, writing.

What phases are involved in the creation of a text?

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him to the public.

Winston Churchill was a writer and a politician. He is no longer writing.

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2 Responses to “Creating a Text – Winston Churchill”

  1. Andrew says:
    7th August 2007 at 9:32 pm

    He was also a Druid, which might surprise some; ordained a Druid at a special ceremony at his ancestral home of
    Blenheim Palace.

  2. Jean says:
    17th August 2007 at 12:47 am

    “Winston Churchill was a writer and a politician. He is no longer writing.”

    Is this meant to imply he’s still politicking?