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I write with pen and paper, my first draft, on legal pads.

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Jennifer Egan

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I was on a very bumpy plane ride, an overnight flight. I was so miserable, and I pulled out ‘David Copperfield,’ and I forgot how scared and tired I was, and I thought, ‘This is what reading should be.’ I’m utterly transported out of my current situation.

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I would go so far as to say that I mostly write terrible things. I mean, my first drafts are so appalling.

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May 3, 2024

I would go so far as to say that I mostly write terrible things. I mean, my first drafts are so appalling.

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May 3, 2024

I was on a very bumpy plane ride, an overnight flight. I was so miserable, and I pulled out ‘David Copperfield,’ and I forgot how scared and tired I was, and I thought, ‘This is what reading should be.’ I’m utterly transported out of my current situation.

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