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Do Shy People Make the Best Writers?

Conceal, Reveal

Why are shy people such as E.B. White, J.K. Rowling, and Joan Didion drawn to writing as a career? Are shy authors more likely to grasp ‘the nature and beauty of brevity’?

Joe Moran
Joe Moran
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Joe Moran

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