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Novels can be a snapshot of a moment in time, or several moments in time, and as a reader, that’s what I really like, and as a writer, it’s what I’m drawn to also.

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Meg Wolitzer

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In ‘The Interestings’ I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.

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I think a lot of the dull parts of first drafts come from a kind of over-managing, intrusive writer who wants to direct traffic. The idea of taking out the parts that the reader could infer is very liberating, and it’s weirdly part of radicalizing your work: it allows you to go to new places fast.

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May 14, 2024

I think a lot of the dull parts of first drafts come from a kind of over-managing, intrusive writer who wants to direct traffic. The idea of taking out the parts that the reader could infer is very liberating, and it’s weirdly part of radicalizing your work: it allows you to go to new places fast.

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May 14, 2024

In ‘The Interestings’ I wanted to write about what happens to talent over time. In some people talent blooms, in others it falls away.

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