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“I mean write the truth about life, whatever genre you’re in.”
Write the book you would like to read yourself. Write the truth about life, whatever genre you’re in. Write what you know and do it convincingly.
The work is multiplied, the worry is multiplied, the joy is multiplied, the love is multiplied.
“Maybe I don’t want a bucket list at all. I think what I want is just to live like we do anyway—you know, do our work and go for walks and watch Come Dine with Me—but have a slightly nicer version of it. Normal but better. Call it ‘Normal plus.’ ”
And right at that moment, this is her only aim in life, the only happy ending she wants. Just to keep going.
Hiding behind my fictional characters, I have always turned my own life into a narrative. It is my version of therapy, maybe. Writing is my happy place, and writing this book, although tough going at times, was immensely satisfying and therapeutic for me.
