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First Draft - Mona Simpson

First Draft: A Dialogue on Writing

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How to Write a Novel That Covers Time

I like being novels that cover time. I'm always struck by the transitions and dickens, but like I came across the line in Bleak House the last time I read them. And so they live busly for the next seven years, you know, right to the next part that matters. It is a challenge to keep the strands running and to keep, to hope, to keep the, you know,. to keep the pulse points intense"

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