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Nick Bradley, author of 'Four Seasons in Japan' - Writer discusses going easy on himself, living in Japan, and intricate plot structure

Writer's Routine

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How to Write a Short Story in 80,000 Words

When I'm doing the dishes or whatever again we come back to this first draft. It's amazing that you are treating them as a lot of different short stories. Once you have the 80,000 words sitting in front of you it's very easy certain things are very easy once you've got that first draft done. You know there might be cosmetic things you know you might have changed someone's name by mistake or whatever but that's something you can fix so quickly.

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