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How to Write a Novel, According to 10 Really Good Novelists
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A long, long time ago, back in the first lockdown, you probably told yourself that now – right this moment, in the middle of a pandemic – was the perfect time to conceive, plot, write, revise, rewrite, complete and publish a novel which completely transformed what we thought it was possible to express in the English language.
It wasn t. Obviously it wasn t. You know that now. But even if it turned out a year-long period of isolation and anxiety actually wasn t much good for your inner David Foster Wallace, there s no bad time to start writing. It doesn t really matter if it goes anywhere. Just write something and see where you go.