Source identified
Read & copy the quotation
“So, in writing, only out of long preparation can come the truly triumphant flash”
- Source
- On The Art of Reading
- Date
- 1920
Meaning of “So, in writing, only out of long preparation…”
The sudden-looking breakthrough is placed at the end of preparation rather than outside it: memorable execution is supported by work accumulated beforehand.
Where does it come from?
On The Art of Reading, Lecture V, Project Gutenberg #16579; excerpted from Quiller-Couch’s analogy between writing practice and concentrated performance.
