Lev Grossman
Person on 4 sites
Novelist, author of The Magicians trilogy and The Bright Sword, who writes about writing, books and Arthurian legend in his newsletter Last Stop Corbenic.
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8 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Writing a novel appears impossible but actually is not. (opens korrents.com)
“Writing a novel belongs to that category of thing—like surviving the Hunger Games, and eating an entire garlic pizza by yourself—that appears to be impossible but actually isn’t.”
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Being a novelist is a matter of keeping at it day after day, not of genius breakthroughs. (opens korrents.com)
“Being a novelist is a matter of keeping at it, day after day, just putting words after other words.”
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Most people who want to write novels don't because they lose their nerve and quit. (opens korrents.com)
“The number one reason why people who want to write novels don’t is not that it’s impossible, and it’s not that they’re not geniuses, it’s that they lose their nerve and quit.”
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Writing a novel appears impossible but actually is not. (opens korrents.com)
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4 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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The Secret History (opens rcmnd.app)
“(She’s also from California; there’s probably a lot of The Secret History in Ninth House.)”
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Ninth House (opens rcmnd.app)
“But in the fantasy world of Ninth House, they are hotbeds of actual sorcery, and each house has a particular magical specialty that it practices, and the magic is always crossing dangerous lines and getting them into…”
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Never Let Me Go (opens rcmnd.app)
“Never Let Me Go sits at the opposite pole from Jonathan Strange and Mr.”
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The Secret History (opens rcmnd.app)