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Podcast: How Success Happens
Episode: Susan Orlean on How to Actually Finish Your Book
Description: Orchids. Infernos. Rin Tin Tin. What do these things have in common? They’ve all been the subject of books by Susan Orlean. In her new book Joyride, she pulls back the curtain on how she does it. Susan and Dan dig into how she decides which ideas are worth pursuing, how she pushes through the doubt, and why audiobooks might just be the purest way to experience a story. Plus, she shares the one writing habit she wishes she could ditch. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices