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Nathaniel Hawthorne: Writing Influences and How to Use Them

“Write what you know,” or so says every piece of writing advice you’ll ever see. It is a cliché for a reason. In today’s Quick-Lit Lesson, we’ll look at the life and work of Nathaniel Hawthorne, a writer who embodies the “write what you know” theme. His life was the biggest influence on his writing. So much so, that it caused a shift in his writing from the literary genre Transcendentalism…

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