‘Plans so detailed as to be half a book in themselves. Finishing off each day with a paragraph in capitals of What I Am Going To Write Next. Rehearsing the next section in my head as I walk the dog.’
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‘Most often I get stuck at the ends and beginnings and of chapters. I can’t start the next chapter until the end of the last one is right. I know this usually means that whatever I’ve written has to be cut.’
‘The routes to possession of a book are many and various; you might, for example, have stolen it. Instead I will simply thank you for deciding to read it.’