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First Draft - Chinelo Okparanta

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

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How to Write a Novel Using Qualitative Research

When i was unpreparing to write the novel, i did a lot of, like, qualitative research. So by that, i mean like interviews and just observingof people. And what i was noticing repeatedly in these conversations ad one thing was that even when the supposedly liberal minded individuals would speak to me, they would say things like what harry says, you know. It is human. That's just what your experience is on a daily level, you know? Yes? And he is trying. You know, harry is a flawed person. Harry is kind of terrible at times, but harry is still human. But if you're a certain person entering that novel from a certain

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