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‘A powerful act of imagination and self-affirmation’: experts on how to start writing a book

Thinking about writing a book and doing it are two very different things – so how to get started and follow through?

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The Guardian reports: Thinking about writing a book and doing it are two very different things – so how to get started and follow through?

At some point in their lives, many people are confronted with a big question: what if I wrote a book? Writing a memoir, murder mystery or steamy romance is an accomplishment.

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