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Melissa GoutySep 13, 20225 minWant a "Real" Writing Career? Build an Oeuvre Like Great Writers Before YouRather than focus on "going viral," real writers focus on building an oeuvre. Poe, Melville, and Hemingway all built oeuvres after failures.