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What got left out, what made it in — and a bonus chapter (opens the original)
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Everyone has their own process, but my approach to writing is, well, to write. There’s little planning involved. Just forcing myself to write helps me bulldoze through distractions, iron out structural issues, generate ideas and clarify them afterwards. I deliberately write expansively, indulgently and for enjoyment — and with zero regard for word counts. I write like you’re supposed to dance: like nobody is watching. Then I go all Edwards Scissorhands, and hopefully what is left after the pruni
A fabulous update (opens the original)
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Hi again! As promised I’m trying to avoid abusing this newsletter and pumping out a gross amount of book-plugging (that’s what LinkedIn is for, after all), but after a few months of silence it felt like an update was overdue. Not least because I now have some very early reviews and blurbs to share, and some news and events to announce. And yes, a lot of this will be horrifically self-aggrandising, so feel free to delete this email immediately. I’ll understand. But I’ve always thought one should
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