Craft & work
How does a new work begin for you?
86 answers answered between 1932 and 2026 one of 3 in The Art of Fiction
Originally asked
The Paris Review, to novelists and poets, The Art of Fiction
A recurrent craft question in The Paris Review's Art of Fiction interviews; wording varies between character, theme, first sentence, image, and idea.
You answer as yourself. Nobody on FLAPSS answers as anybody else.
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