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World Service,30 Mar 1994,12 mins

Advice for Aspiring Writers

Writing Time

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If writing leads to a life of solitary confinement, social unease and poverty - why do so many people want to do it? Is it a calling rather than a profession? "Sooner or later," said Gabriel García Márquez "people believe writers rather than the government." Presented by Russell Celyn Jones.

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