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Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters
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Isobel Beaumont is on page 109 of 182

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Matt is 81% done

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I’m reading this concurrently with East of Eden

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sara mowles is on page 41 of 182

writers are weird bc they'll just say things like "I really would like to see what will happen if these two young men are confronted with a reversal of everything they believed"

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Isobel Beaumont is on page 73 of 182

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Tugce Basar is on page 23 of 182

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Matt is 47% done

An interesting read. Not for everyone. So much discussion of the business of writing. So much pencil discussion. Favorite pencils. Different pencils for different moods. Sharpening pencils. How long to use a pencil. Pencil smudge. How to prevent pencil smudging. The callus you get from writing with a pencil. Etc.

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