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Korda is saying that some well-established writers are able to create their own material without help, while many other authors benefit from having a plot provided to them. The quote draws a contrast between writers who need no assistance and writers who do.
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About Michael Korda
English-born writer and novelist
Michael Korda is an English-born writer and novelist who became editor-in-chief of Simon & Schuster in New York City. He worked in book publishing as well as in fiction, bringing together editorial experience and a literary career. He is known for his writing and for his leadership at one of the major American publishing houses. His public voice comes from both sides of that work, as an editor shaping books and as an author writing them.
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Books by Michael Korda
Queenie
1985
Journey to a Revolution
2006
Horse People
2003
Man to man
1996
Country Matters
2001