Charles Dickens died on June 9, 150 years ago. He gave many pieces of writing advice throughout his incredible career, the most famous, and probably best, of which was: “Make them laugh, make them cry, make them wait.†It was the motto against which he judged his own work. He also recognized the toll writing can take on an author, the “wear and tear,†and saw the importance of taking a break from writing, of having distractions away from quill and ink, computer and keyboard.
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