First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing cover image

First Draft - Elizabeth Strout (Returns)

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

00:00

How Do You Write Yours Is the Life I Wanted to Save?

It's very important to me to have the sentence land on the reader's ear in a way that is comfortable. And so I think when I wrote yours is the life I wanted to save, I think that was intuitive to have the accent on yours. It comes out more and more in first drafts, but I noticed even in my emails, I've noticed lately. Oh, yeah, I've flipped words.

Transcript
Play full episode

The AI-powered Podcast Player

Save insights by tapping your headphones, chat with episodes, discover the best highlights - and more!
App store bannerPlay store banner
Get the app