“We Live in Time” is a masterclass in writing love and loss
Left to right: “We Live in Time,” starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, explores themes of love, death and grief
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Here to help … (from left) How to Write a Book hosts Sharmaine Lovegrove, Elizabeth Day, Nelle Andrew and Sara Collins. Two novelists, an agent and a publisher each share their top three golden rules for publishing a book Does everyone really have a book in them? And if you want to write one, where do you start? The novelist and podcaster Elizabeth Day, host of the How to Fail series, has created a “podclass” to answer those questions and more, hosted by three publishing pros: novelist Sara Collins, agent Nelle Andrew and publisher Sharmaine Lovegrove. Here, the four share their key advice for getting a book out into the world. Elizabeth Day Elizabeth Day. Photograph: Joe Magowan 1. Do the writing Many people have ideas for books but only a small percentage actually have the discipline to get the words on to the page. This is partly because our imagined books are always so much better than the real ones – we get frustrated when we realise that our sentences are never going to live up to our lyrical projections of them. Rest assured that every single writer feels this. A huge part of writing a book is simply showing up. Set yourself a word count each time you sit down to write. For me, it’s 1,000. They can be the worst words imaginable but at least I can edit them the next time. If you have no words, you can’t do the editing at all. No words, no book. 2. Don’t get too hung up on originality There are no original ideas, only unique ways of expressing them. Your originality will stem from your set of experiences, your perspective on the world and the way you decide to tell your story. Don’t set out to reinvent the form. If you find the best way of telling your story is to experiment with prose technique, then that’s great, but the story should come first. Also, don’t panic that you will never write like your heroes. By the same token, they will never write like you. 3. Love the […]
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Left to right: “We Live in Time,” starring Florence Pugh and Andrew Garfield, explores themes of love, death and grief
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