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World Service,31 Mar 1994,13 mins

How to Start a Novel

Writing Time

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Authors Rose Tremain, Ruth Rendell, and Paul Bailey discuss what makes an idea worthy of a novel, and whether you should write about what you know, or what you don't know. Presented by Russell Celyn Jones.

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