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What part of your job would surprise outsiders because it takes up so much of your time?

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Yaa Gyasi Novelist
On the best days, I stop pleading, stop bargaining and watch-checking and fall into a rhythm so satisfying that I simply forget I’m working. So much of my writing day feels like well-digging. Sometimes I dig 200ft down before coming back up, dry. Every day I search for water.
Recorded The Guardian, 'My writing day' series, 28 October 2017 source ↗

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