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    <updated_at>Wed, 20 Feb 2008 08:39:41 -0800</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Sat, 28 Jul 2007 11:48:25 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Fitzgerald's first novel, this is more of a summarization/fictionalization of his early life rather than a story. You can understand how Max Perkins knew Fitzgerald was going to be a great writer from this book. There is some beautiful prose, but it lacks story structure and drama. It's an interesti...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1064681">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 May 2007 15:45:32 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <action_text><![CDATA[gave 5 stars to: <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/334078.Max_Perkins_Editor_of_Genius">Max Perkins: Editor of Genius (Paperback)</a> by <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/158063.A_Scott_Berg">A. Scott Berg</a>]]></action_text>
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 May 2007 15:35:00 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This book is a must read for any writer, it's amazing to think that Max Perkins was the editor to so many fantastic american authors.]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 May 2007 15:34:35 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[Jerry is master writing teacher, and makes it easy for everyone to understand, and tells you what you need to start writing now. ]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 May 2007 15:33:38 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[I almost did not care to finish reading this book, due to the awkward false starts of the main character (heller). I stuck through it, and it was worth it. I think every writer knows the feeling of not being able to conjure up those creative wits that seemed so easy one time or another; and in Helle...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/1064392">more...</a>]]></body>
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 May 2007 15:28:22 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
        
    
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    <updated_at>Mon, 07 May 2007 15:27:44 -0700</updated_at>
        
      
          <body><![CDATA[This is another must read for any writer, Although many consider Bradbury to be only a science fiction writer, his stories are more about people than anything else, and his reflections on writing are fantastic. ]]></body>
        
    
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