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“I was a semiconscious writer in the beginning. Just sat and wrote something, or read the newspaper, or went to the movies. Over time I began to understand, one, that I was lucky to be doing this work, and, two, … Continue reading →

From an article about New Yorker editor David Remnick (by Nicholson Baker): “Remnick is modest about these writing successes, which he attributes chiefly to ‘sitzfleisch’ – the capacity to sit in a chair until the work is done. ‘A lot … Continue reading →

That’s advice from Bret Anthony Johnston in the Atlantic’s annual fiction issue. I guess this issue has been on my mind lately (see posts below). Here’s a quote from the Johnston’s article:“I don’t know the origin of the ‘write what … Continue reading →

This relates to my post yesterday… Here’s what Jeffrey Eugenides had to say about the whole fiction/autobiography conundrum in a recent New Yorker Q&A (he has a story called “Asleep in the Lord” in the summer fiction issue): “I’m ashamed … Continue reading →