the pleasure of writing
by a. a. milne (excerpt)
writing is one of the essays in the book not that it
written in the early 1900s by british author a. a. milne, who
is his winnie-the-pooh stories.
when the printer is waiting for an article which really should
him the day before, i sit at my desk and wonder if there
bject in the whole world upon which i can possibly find
n one such occasion i left it to fate, which decided, by
ary opened at random, that i should deliver myself of a
1 goldfish. (you will find this article later on in the book.)
need to bother about a subject. to-day i am without a
has happened than that i have a new nib¹ in my pen.
way, when shakespeare writes a tragedy, or mr. blank
s charming little essays, a certain amount of thought
is put to paper. one cannot write \scene i. an open
lightning. enter three witches,\ or \as i look up from
ding daffodils beckon to me to take the morning,\ one
best in this way on the spur of the moment. at least,
hen i have a new nib in my pen, then i can go straight
the blotting-paper, and a new sheet of foolscap fills
a stream of blue-black words. when poets and idiots
writing, they mean the pleasure of giving a piece of
blic; with an old nib a tedious business. they do not
asure of the artist in seeing beautifully shaped \ks\
w beneath his steel. anybody else writing this article
readers like it?\ i only tell myself \how the
it\
will not love it. maybe i am a little above their heads. i
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select the correct text in the passage.
which sentence most refines the idea that the author needs very little to encourage him to write?
(2) in the ordinary way, when shakespeare writes a tragedy, or mr. blank gives you one of his charming little essays, a certain amount of thought
goes on before pen is put to paper. one cannot write \scene i. an open place. thunder and lightning. enter three witches,\ or \as i look up from
my window, the nodding daffodils beckon to me to take the morning,\ one cannot give of ones best in this way on the spur of the moment. at least,
others cannot. but when i have a new nib in my pen, then i can go straight from my breakfast to the blotting-paper, and a new sheet of foolscap fills
itself magically with a stream of blue-black words. when poets and idiots talk of the pleasure of writing, they mean the pleasure of giving a piece of
their minds to the public; with an old nib a tedious business. they do not mean (as i do) the pleasure of the artist in seeing beautifully shaped \ks\
and sinuous \ss\ grow beneath his steel. anybody else writing this article might wonder \will my readers like it?\ i only tell myself \how the
compositors² will love it!\
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the pleasure of writing
by a. a. milne (excerpt)
writing is one of the essays in the book not that it
written in the early 1900s by british author a. a. milne, who
is his winnie-the-pooh stories.
when the printer is waiting for an article which really should
him the day before, i sit at my desk and wonder if there
bject in the whole world upon which i can possibly find
n one such occasion i left it to fate, which decided, by
ary opened at random, that i should deliver myself of a
1 goldfish. (you will find this article later on in the book.)
need to bother about a subject. to-day i am without a
has happened than that i have a new nib¹ in my pen.
way, when shakespeare writes a tragedy, or mr. blank
s charming little essays, a certain amount of thought
is put to paper. one cannot write \scene i. an open
lightning. enter three witches,\ or \as i look up from
ding daffodils beckon to me to take the morning,\ one
best in this way on the spur of the moment. at least,
hen i have a new nib in my pen, then i can go straight
the blotting-paper, and a new sheet of foolscap fills
a stream of blue-black words. when poets and idiots
writing, they mean the pleasure of giving a piece of
blic; with an old nib a tedious business. they do not
asure of the artist in seeing beautifully shaped \ks\
w beneath his steel. anybody else writing this article
readers like it?\ i only tell myself \how the
it\
will not love it. maybe i am a little above their heads. i
16
select the correct text in the passage.
which sentence most refines the idea that the author needs very little to encourage him to write?
(2) in the ordinary way, when shakespeare writes a tragedy, or mr. blank gives you one of his charming little essays, a certain amount of thought
goes on before pen is put to paper. one cannot write \scene i. an open place. thunder and lightning. enter three witches,\ or \as i look up from
my window, the nodding daffodils beckon to me to take the morning,\ one cannot give of ones best in this way on the spur of the moment. at least,
others cannot. but when i have a new nib in my pen, then i can go straight from my breakfast to the blotting-paper, and a new sheet of foolscap fills
itself magically with a stream of blue-black words. when poets and idiots talk of the pleasure of writing, they mean the pleasure of giving a piece of
their minds to the public; with an old nib a tedious business. they do not mean (as i do) the pleasure of the artist in seeing beautifully shaped \ks\
and sinuous \ss\ grow beneath his steel. anybody else writing this article might wonder \will my readers like it?\ i only tell myself \how the
compositors² will love it!\
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# Brief Explanations:
The question asks for the sentence that best shows the author needs almost no encouragement to write. The sentence about having a new pen nib immediately leading him to write without prior thought or hesitation directly embodies this, as a small, simple thing (a new nib) is enough to get him writing right away.
# Answer:
"But when I have a new nib in my pen, then I can go straight from my breakfast to the blotting-paper, and a new sheet of foolscap fills itself magically with a stream of blue-black words."

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