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S1, Ep5 How to Fail: Olivia Laing

How To Fail With Elizabeth Day

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Crudo

I don't finish a book and send it off until i feel like i'm happy with it. With non fiction, i re write every single sentence until it's perfect. Which is why crudo was such a joy because i didn't let myself edit anything. The rules i had were i had to write every day, and i couldn't look back on any of it. So the whole thing is just as it came out. And that was incredibly liberating for a perfectionist. It was just a joy. I finished it and hea throw port and i sent it to them and then got on a flight. But i wasn't really planning on publishing it. I was planning on just

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