Challenge for Garson, Stephen, and Others (UNCLASSIFIED)

[Stephen Goranson]

The Gallico quote is confirmed: 1946 book last page.
Stephen
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Wonderful work, Bill and Victor. Great citations!

Google Books has a match in a book that it dates to 1946 but it is
suspicious. Maybe Bill or Victor have already ruled it out. The match
is supposedly on page 576, the last page.

Cite: Confessions of a Story Writer by Paul Gallico, Page 576, A. A.
Knopf, New York.  (Google Books snippet view; Not verified on paper;
Susipicious; WorldCat  agrees with the date of publication)

It is only when you open your veins and bleed onto the page a little
that you establish contact with your reader. If you do not believe in
the characters or the story you are doing at that moment with all your
mind, strength, and will, ...

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