The inimitable on writing about what you do and do not know - and what happened when it didn’t quite go to plan.
Do check out Emma’s This Itch of Writing for some excellent writing advice and to read her latest novel as she writes it.
"So why, when I embarked on the perfect combination of writing what I know — my (rather famous) family – and what I don’t know – a fictional story, set in the past — did my agent have to say, time and again, ‘Emma, I’m sorry, but it’s really not working.’"
When You Can't Write What You Do Know
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Jul 23