Reading Madame Bovary--impressive writing--completely sincere. There is nothing forced or fake in it. Everything feels natural at least up to the first 35 pages. It takes great skill to create that naturalness. Just looked at my own writing again, there are so many moments in my own writing that makes me feel artificial and makes me cringe. I want that natural flowing rhythm Flaubert creates. I want that in my own writing. Sincerity, naturalness.
P.S: God. I still can't spell rhythm without using spellcheck. This is so bad.
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