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How to Tell a Story and Other Essays by Mark Twain

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Jan 30, 11

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Read in January, 2011

short happy piece about writing, telling a story, and twain tells a few to finish it off. i enjoyed the expressions he used on the train. that was a hoot. short sweet and to the point.


thought of something...there's a few...sketches, that twain provides, to do w/...for lack of a better word, supernatural. i assume these are true...heh!....stories, as they have a ring of truth to them, those tings that happen, things that give you pause.

say, like he...whew...brain just crashed...send a damage report to the big boss...anyway, say like he was thinking of someone in australia, sends them a letter inquiring about visiting or some such matter, and a day or two later, he gets a letter from them...no way they got his letter yet, but they've sent him one saying come on down, we'll do the outback steakhouse and go see the girls in perth.

and, this other...he was speaking somewhere, thought he saw someone he knew...later, a helper said someone is back stage, wants to meet and greet...he figures, oh, yeah, oboy oboy, i bet i know who it is...turns out it was who he thought, as he saw her standing there...as the song goes...was that john or paul?

anyway, she wasn't there...thing is, but and so but like she tells him that, but he was convinced he saw her, though he accounts it may be cause he fell asleep for a a moment.

.....things like that...supernatural...telegrapher ideas...kinda neato

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