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The Next Chapter | Jan 28, 2013 | 13:11

Literary Smackdown #10: Is it better to write with or without music?

There are as many ways to write as there are writers. So, The Next Chapter and Canada Writes created Literary Smackdown, a forum for authors to debate which way works best. In this tenth instalment, Cathy Marie Buchanan and Andrew Kaufman face off in a question of creative ambiance: is it better to write with our without music?

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