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Terry Pratchett on Writing

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“Usually I write in about 5 drafts, but that simply means there are 5 definite times when I go in a linear fashion from the beginning to the end of the book.”

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“There are times when the best writing you can do is to go for a walk or drive, a long drive is ideal.”
“I certainly don't sit down and plan a book out before I write it.”
“When people say "How do you write a book, how does it all happen?" I say, you line things up, and you line them up as actually as you possibly can, but sooner or later the book has got momentum and it's moving along under that momentum.”
“If you get the characters right you've done sometimes nearly half the work. I sometimes find I get the characters right then the characters will often help me write the book.”
“I have to write because if I don't get something down then after a while I feel it's going to bang the side of my head off.”
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