Tag: author
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Why Don’t Publishers Want My Manuscript? On the Growing Disconnect Between Reading and Writing.
I see myself as a writer. I’ve been kept awake at night thinking about and working on a story and found myself with finished pieces that I can’t recall taking shape; I’ve also struggled and felt like giving up. While the moments of magic happen, writing, for me, is hard work and at times incredibly…
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More Thoughts on Writing
I write lots of different things, but I write books for the same reason we read them—to find out what happens next. As carefully as I plan it, I never know, going into a story, exactly how it will end, nor even what twists the plot may take away from what I’ve planned. This makes…