“Write the Book Only You Could Write” – Geoff Dyer on His Career and Endings
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Writing a Book, You Know, You Can't Commission You, Just Send It in on Speck
"I always write this encouraging note to myself when i'm writing a book, no, remember, write the book that only you could write," he says. "i can remember very clearly, very early on, when i'd published my first novel, which was pretty much a flop, i should add." The reason az has the form and structure and the conceptual heart is precisely because i knew i was unable to write a more orthodox book".
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