Remarks are not literature.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- Casual remarks lack the depth and craft required for literature.
- In plain terms
- Just talking is not the same as writing literature.
- What can you take from it?
- True literature requires more than casual comments.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What makes writing literature?
- How is speech different?
Another view
Some literature incorporates casual remarks effectively.
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