Lisa See
Write 1,000 words a day, five days a week, before you do anything else. At the end of a week, you’ll have twenty pages—a chapter. If you do it first thing in the morning, then you won’t get distracted by all the things that tempt you not to write.
So much of writing happens, I think, in the editing process. I tell aspiring writers that they should listen to criticism—whether it’s from a teacher or an editor—and then look at it three ways. About a third of all editing suggestions are right, a third are absolutely wrong, and a third are things you have to look at, consider, and play around with.
So much of writing happens, I think, in the editing process. I tell aspiring writers that they should listen to criticism—whether it’s from a teacher or an editor—and then look at it three ways. About a third of all editing suggestions are right, a third are absolutely wrong, and a third are things you have to look at, consider, and play around with.
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Robin Watson
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Lisa See:
I so enjoy your books! I want to go to China and see what you write about! There is a local church that goes on a yearly basis, to establish a relationship with the Chinese people. I've been unable to go...My dream! Where do you suggest a person go to see the China you remember or write of?
Shannon N. Durant
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Lisa See:
I just finished reading The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane. There are so many lessons that I took from this book, including you Acknowledgements. The insights I gain is that I must listen. Listen to my heart, dreams and intuition as this book started with a dream. I must put my who heart into whatever I do, even if it takes years to see it come to fruition. What did you mean by no coincidence, no story?
Eric
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Lisa See:
In your Author's Note for The Tea Girl of Hummingbird Lane, you say, "When the novel starts, in 1988, tea leaves picked in the mountains of Yunnan sold for 4 yuan a kilo (approx. 50 cents US in today's money). The yearly income for tea farmers averaged 200 yuan (around $25 US) a month." When converting yuan to USD, did you use currency exchange rates or purchasing power parity?
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