The process of rewriting is enjoyable, because you're not in that existential panic when you don't have a novel at all.
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There is something about the unexpected that moves us. As if the whole of existence is paid for in some way, except for that one moment, which is free.Rose Tremain
The unfolding of a story is both as exciting and as difficult for each and every novel I've written, regardless of time and place.
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I'm not very interested in charting a day-to-day familiar reality. I'm always looking for territory in which to explore the BIG subjects, the life-or-death stories.
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At the moment, I'm toying with a new idea for a book, but fully engaged with writing screenplays, so the book idea - which needs empty space in my head - is barely formed yet.
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I think I'm drawn to writing about something which feels intense and important.
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