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Podcast: The 7am Novelist
Episode: Peter Orner: Saying Something Slowly
Description: Today, I’m excited to have acclaimed writer Peter Orner with us, author most recently of The Gossip Columnist’s Daughter. We’ll be talking about how he struggled with the structure and timeline of the book. It took him fourteen years. He explains that he was trying to say something slowly. We discuss exactly what that means and how to do it in a time when very little seems slow and it’s difficult to have the patience we need to let a story grow on the page.Watch a recording here. This audio/video version is avail...