Writer’s Desk: Amuse Yourself
In her 1966 primer, Plotting and Writing Suspense Fiction, Patricia Highsmith (The Talented Mr. Ripley) had some choice advice for what writers should do. Above all, she said: The first person you should think of pleasing, in writing a book, is yourself. If you can amuse yourself for the length of time it takes to …
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