A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise.

  • -- Chris Baty 克里斯·巴蒂

新颖的草稿就像生面团;你得把它打烂才能让它上升。

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It's my contention that each book creates its own structure and its own length. I've written three or four slim books. It may be that the next novel is a big one, but I don't know.

我的观点是,每本书都有自己的结构和长度。我已经写了三四本薄薄的书。也许下一部小说会很成功,但我不知道。

I now understand that writing fiction was a seed planted in my soul, though I would not be ready to grow that seed for a long time.

现在我明白了,写小说是种下在我灵魂中的种子,虽然在很长一段时间内我都不准备种下这颗种子。