Follow the accident, fear the fixed plan—that is the rule.

John Fowles

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Topic

Serendipity Making plans

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

From

United Kingdom Europe

Authentication Score 3

Citation

Fowles, John. "Notes on an Unfinished Novel," The Novel Today: Contemporary Writers on Modern Fiction. Edited by Malcolm Bradbury. Manchester UP, 1977.

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