'Think of yourself as a baby dropped in a swimming pool. You won't drown, and... may even find you're enjoying the experience.'

Think of yourself as a baby dropped in a swimming pool. You won't drown, you'll instinctively know what to do, and... once you get over the shock of the medium, may even find you're enjoying the experience.

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'After years of dreaming, grappling with a story I never really imagined would be read by anyone but me, there was, suddenly, a product.'

It was the most striking indicator of the transition from private to public; after years of dreaming, grappling with a story I never really imagined would be read by anyone but me, there was, suddenly, a product.

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'Mine feels like an ant hill in my brain. I tend to get it after finishing a book, when my mind is still overloaded. '

Mine feels like an ant hill in my brain. I tend to get it after finishing a book, when my mind is still overloaded. I want to get onto the next book, and I can't.

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'I came up with the idea of the Writing Hour. One hour in every day, to write. No more clearing of decks.'

I came up with the idea of the Writing Hour. One hour in every day, to write. No more clearing of decks; time to launch a clear, unequivocal, time-grab.

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'All tied together in plots that took Wodehouse up to two years to develop, but only three months to write... a world of stately homes, private chefs, private incomes and leisured ease.'

It's all tied together in plots that took Wodehouse up to two years to develop, but only three months to write. His stories take us on a visit to a world of stately homes, private chefs, private incomes and leisured ease.

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'My light This has happened to me so many times now that I am of the firm belief that writer's block is a tool.'

My light bulb moment; writer's block is there to help me. And this has happened to me so many times now that I am of the firm belief that writer's block is a tool.

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'There is a silver cloud in everything, even disability, as I can now reserve eighteen books at time instead of six; there is always something new to read.'

There is a silver cloud in everything, even disability, as I can now reserve eighteen books at time instead of six; there is real bliss in knowing that there is always something new to read.

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'When I start to really pick and choose... the writing I find inspirational is often to do with water, islands, and the sea.'

It's only now, when I start to really pick and choose, that I find that the writing I find inspirational is often to do with water, islands, and the sea.

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'Rebecca proved that literary merit is not the antithesis of a good yarn; it is possible, perhaps preferable, to do both.'

Rebecca proved that literary merit is not the antithesis of a good yarn; it is possible, perhaps preferable, to do both.

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'You'll contort yourself into someone you don't recognise... and then surface, to write the novels you dreamed of writing.'

You'll contort yourself into someone you don't recognise, and become an aching, howling hole that even your sister can't love, and then surface with all the understanding you need, to write the novels you dreamed of writing.

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