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NEW YORK — Near the end of 2020, the pandemic had lasted long enough for author Jodi Picoult to try something that seemed unthinkable for novelists in its early stages

NEW YORK (AP) — Near the end of 2020, the pandemic had lasted long enough for author Jodi Picoult to try something that seemed unthinkable for novelists in its early stages — turn it into fiction.

The Oldest Productivity Trick Around https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/magazine/the-oldest-productivity-trick-around.html The Oldest Productivity Trick Around Too often I spent my days wanting to write and not writing. The simple power of the check mark helped me get back on track. Credit...Illustration by The New York Times By Amitava Kumar May 4, 2021Updated 6:47 a.m. ET About 10 years ago, I began teaching a yearlong class in creative writing to college seniors. By the end of the course, each student was expected to produce a book of stories or poems. I formulated a mantra for them: “Wr...