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先ずは憧れの作家の文章の呼吸をつかむためにひたすら筆写、丸写しをする。
He thought of them yearning for fame.
彼は彼らが名声に憧れていると思った。
When I was in my first years of grade school, my father taught me a haiku and I longed to be a poet. On my Tanabata wish, I also wrote "Please make me a poet". Thirty years have passed and my wish has been granted. I am without doubt an invalid.