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Writing Fast, Collaboration, And Author Mindset With Daniel Willcocks

The Creative Penn

And I was reading through these, and at the time I was a nonfiction proofreader and copy editor, sorting out other people's work, and I was reading these stories just going like these areā€”like I didn't understand the medium of short stories very well, and obviously, if you're going to start anywhere, start with Stephen King.

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Different Traditional Publishing Experiences With Georgina Cross

The Creative Penn

That can be good, in one way, because you do have time to really reflect and dig deep, and write better prose, months and months of structural edits, like three or four versions of it. For example, this week, I'm finishing edits for a book for Penguin Random House while also having to proofread the next book with Bookouture.