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Commit to your best work (always!): Novelist Ann Patchett on “The Dutch House”
Commit to your best work (always!): Novelist Ann Patchett on “The Dutch House”
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Length:
37 minutes
Released:
Nov 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
When Ann Patchett sat down to read through her first draft of The Dutch House, she realized she had made a terrible mistake. A wrong turn, on page 36, sent the entire rest of the novel careening down the wrong path. So what’d she do? Deleted it and started over. Sometimes, committing to doing your very best work means destroying it and going again. In her own words, novelist Ann Patchett shares the story of writing her award-winning novel — from the prolonged period of preparation, and the active defense against distractions, to the advice from friends that she took without a second thought. Plus: hear how she recruited Tom Hanks to read the audiobook.Follow along (with transcript and photos) at sparkandfire.com/annpatchettSubscribe to the Spark & Fire weekly newsletter for images, stories and creative prompts: http://eepurl.com/hkmyMrSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Released:
Nov 30, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode
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