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Shorties (The Beatles, How to Write a Great Novel, and more)
Largehearted Boy —
... Authors including Margaret Atwood, John Wray, Junot Diaz, and others talk to the Wall Street Journal about how to write a great novel. ...
Morning Shots: Sequel Math, Writers On Writing, And A Strong Start For 'Precious'
NPR Blogs: Monkey See —
... of this Wall Street Journal piece about how writers write. All this cutesy business about the detritus with which writers surround their creativity -- what Bookninja calls "fetishizing" of the process -- will never explain imagination, perseverance, or how much, on some days, writing is like any other job, in that you do it because it is your job, and you hope you will love it more tomorrow. "Writers struggle with the daily work of writing"? So does everyone else with a job. ...
