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First Draft - Charles Baxter (Returns!)

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

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Do You Write Fiction That Encapsulates New Concepts?

When i'm writing my own fiction, i don't generally follow the dictates of the essays that i've been working on, as far as craft is concerned. So when you write about things like that that are kind of new concepts that have just been maybe bubbling, but come out in an essay. Do you then go right try to write fiction that encompasses some of these ideas? No, i i don't. I thankte er matters that preoccupy me,. But as a writer, i found myself largely unable to onvey his crismi did the best i could, i but i'm not as good at it as some of these other writers are.

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