Margaret Atwood's Creative Process
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Uploaded on Jun 14, 2011
For the author, it's not a question of sitting around and wondering what to write; it's a question of deciding which of the "far-fetched and absurd" ideas she's going to try to tackle.
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upliftzippy 1 year ago
Margaret Atwood is the mother-fucking bomb.
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gabriellsbaby 1 year ago
I want to be Margaret when I grow up.
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Cynthia Wolfe-Nolin 3 weeks ago
I'm presently reading 'Surfacing' and 'The Edible Woman'  simultaneously.
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Cynthia Wolfe-Nolin 3 weeks ago
I prefer writing in my Ipad2. Maybe I will try sticky notes.
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Cynthia Wolfe-Nolin 3 weeks ago
There will be thunder.

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Alexandar Humperdink 1 month ago
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This is one smug cunt.
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Lavizzle 2 months ago
"...except with a knife on your leg..."
LOL I was never into her work, but I could listen to her speak all day!
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lifeslastverse 3 months ago
that one time i had to use a knife to write down my idea...that was bad.
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Cassandros de Lilac 4 months ago
Thank YOU.
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William Webb 5 months ago
My left ear got jealous of my right ear.
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Marilyn Crosbie 5 months ago
My late husband used napkins in restaurants or used envelopes when he didn't have a pad of paper. He kept a notebook beside his bed.  I also keep a notebook beside my bed.
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Marilyn Crosbie 5 months ago
Margaret, don't wish you have a formula! Your writing is brilliant!
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