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369. A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough

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How Long Does It Take to Write a Novel?

The novelist jenifer egan is now in her mid fifties. She 'd only completed three novels during that time, and the one that followed, manhattan beach, took another seven years. You can get an idea at any age, but the most radical ideas come not necessarily you're young chronologically, although you tend to be, but when you're new to a discipline.

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