Who is writing the book: the author or the secretary?
Picture this: a world- famous author is pacing around her studio, dictating the next best-seller - describing characters, creating sizzling plot-lines, expounding on themes...In the corner, her secretary is busy typing up all the words, sorting out syntax, checking spellings, tightening up punctuation.
The book is published. It is an astounding success. It makes the famous author a multi-millionaire.
But who wrote the book???
The author dictating the story is the creator and composer, with the ideas, imagination and diction.
The book is published. It is an astounding success. It makes the famous author a multi-millionaire.
But who wrote the book???
The author dictating the story is the creator and composer, with the ideas, imagination and diction.
The secretary typing the story is the transcriber, the editor, the proof-reader.
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