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Jennifer Egan on storytelling in a data-hooked world

The TED Interview

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How Do You Write Fiction?

You were such a formerly inventive writer. Do you start with the series of characters and then figure out the rigt structure to present those characters in their lives through? It's a little bit of a combination. My entry point when i actually write fiction, oddly enough, is time and ace. And i write my first drafts very improvisationally because i'm looking to get beyond what i can think of consciously.

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