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Neel Patel

Short-story writer and novelist

United States

Arts and letters

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Question How do you know when a piece of work is finished? Craft & work read 66 other answers →

For me a story is done when I can read it and not cringe. When I’m revising a story, I focus on what’s not working. I usually set something aside for a little bit, and if I come back to it and feel that it’s complete, I trust that sense. You kind of know.

Recorded Alec Niedenthal, New Routes in Fiction: NEEL PATEL with Alec Niedenthal, The Brooklyn Rail, 1 March 2019 source ↗

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