
Ellen Alpsten, author of 'The Tsarina's Daughter' - Blending fact with fiction, what to research next, and writing extravagantly
Writer's Routine
Writing a Novel Long Hand
I admire writers like tolstoy and dosteski who actually wrote their manuscripts in long hand. I could never imagine writing, writing a novel long hand. The serena that you hold in your hand is probably the forty fifth draft of that book. And i had to just making everything waterproof. Of course, quite off from the language. English is not my first language. So there's always a little bit of insecurity about that. Perhaps it's a compliment, that my style of writing is emotionally amped up. I think emotions make us human. It is possible to go overboardi try not to. But as you said, so my pe c is completely boxed down
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