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    Becoming a Writer at Shakespeare & Co.

    by Simon Mockler Jun 06, 2023 4 minutes

    Where does it start, this writing business? Forget the initial idea story, the hours spent mapping out the plot, the characters, the research, the edits and the re-drafts. In my case, it started way before that. It started with soup. A greasy, thick, mess of a soup served to me in a Paris bookshop.   

    It was early evening, May 2000, and I was working part time at Shakespeare and Company. The owner presented it to me as I sat at the till. His name was George and he was white-haired, wiry and ancient. Walking cane in one hand and a bowl of soup in the other. A cat brushed against his legs. There were a lot of cats in the bookshop. 

    “Thought you might be

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