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

John Fowles

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Topic

Serendipity Making plans Spontaneity

Author

John Fowles

Source

Notes on an Unfinished Novel

Medium

Essay

Statement Type

Advice

Language

English

Time

1977 1970s 20th century

Occupation

Novelist Writer

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United Kingdom Europe

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Citation

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

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