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First Draft - Peter Ho Davies (Returns)

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

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How Do We Get Over the First Draught?

Iimei: We're often seeking out endings, seeking out that feeling of being done. I really like that flaubert line that talent is long patience. It suggests that we all meet a hang around and endure some of the uncertainty of a draught for a little longer than we might imagine. And something that yo aabout in the book is, oh, oh, the dear writer's tender feelings. You know, that that it can be a moral bust just to go in, or it could be amoral bust once you've torn something apart so much.

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