English - Writer | June 28, 1948 -
All I want is for people, when they read my books, to feel companioned, to feel they're not alone in the world.
Deborah Moggach
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I've had a very lucky life because I'm of this generation where everything was possible.
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I've written something like 17 novels, which isn't bad, I suppose, but my father wrote 120 books, my mother 40. In comparison, I'm lazy.
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I feel as if someone is going to come along, feel my collar and say: 'Do you really think you can get people to read books you've made up about people that don't exist?'
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Whining writers are a hideous sight; we should really shut up, because we are lucky if we can cobble together a living from all of this.
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Bringing my two children up while writing was just a part of life. I'd much rather have had their interruptions than been stuck in a sterile office. This way, I had welcome distractions. I had to load the washing machine, I had to go out and buy lemons.
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Don't start writing your novel until you know your characters very, very well. What they'd do if they saw somebody shoplifting. What they were like at school. What shoes they wear. Spend days - weeks, months - being them until they thicken up and start to breathe.
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Psych yourself up until you're confident that the world will be interested in what happens to your characters. Confidence is key.
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Writing a novel is a huge adventure; when it's going well it's more fun than fun. When it stutters to a halt put it aside. Go for a swim, go for a walk, take a week off. Don't panic or be afraid; you and your characters are in it together. Trust them to come to your rescue.
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Discover the times when you're most creative - mornings, nights, afternoons - and clear the time to work then. Many writers find the mornings are best, and the afternoons are only good for editorial corrections, or getting the washing done. Others can only work through the night, drunk.
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I'm always running my mouth off and getting myself in trouble, so I'm trying to do it less.
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I was never a lonely child who sat looking at the rain sliding down the window.
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