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read the sample essay below:
writing around people
each writer has his or her own composing process. some writers produce formal outlines
before they begin writing a story or novel. other writers do not even know how a story
will end until they actually write the conclusion. similarly, where authors choose to write
also varies. while the image we have of a writer is frequently that of a solitary, isolated
individual, poring over sheets of paper, that is rarely the case. in fact, writing tends to be a
social endeavor. many writers wrote some of their best work with other people nearby,
mark twain, for example, wrote the novels adventures of huckleberry finn and a
connecticut yankee in king arthur's court while sitting in a small octagonal building
with windows on all sides so he could write while his children played in the yard around
him. twain's children have the last name clemens, because mark twain's real name was
samuel clemens, emest hemingway, too, wrote many of his stories and novels sitting at
a table in a busy café in paris, kate chopin wrote on a special "lap desk" that she could
carry with her. as her children played and moved from place to place, she could place her
things in the small desk, pack it up, and follow them. wherever her children stopped, she
stopped too, while they played, she worked.
which sentence does not belong in the essay?
a: "other writers do not even know how a story will end until they actually write the conclusion."
b: "twain's children have the last name clemens, because mark twain's real name was samuel clemens."
c: "ernest hemingway, too, wrote many of his stories and novels sitting at a table in a busy café in paris."
d: "each writer has his or her own composing process."