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It seems incredible that anything as monumental as Gone With The Wind could have come about as a result of an accident.  But it did.  In 1926 Margaret; Mitchell, confined to her Atlanta apartment with a severely sprained ankle, rather tentatively started work on a novel about the Civil War to keep herself occupied.  Because she lacked assurance, she worked in virtual secrecy over the next 4 years, eventually losing all interest in the massive project.

Reader’s Digest, October 1976, page 138