What quotes are often attributed to Ambrose Bierce about the art of the novel?"?

The Ambrose Bierce Appreciation Society CYNIC n. A blackguard whose faulty vision causes him to see things as they are, not as they ought to be Open Since 1994 This page is dedicated to one of the most under appreciated authors and journalists of all time: Ambrose Gwinett Bierce. "Bitter Bierce" was quite famous in his day, but now only a core following of academics and curmudgeons know about him.

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I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.