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Laurence Cooper Haven't had it recently, though I think I had writer's block for about twenty years and was just storing up things for when I finally got down to writ…moreHaven't had it recently, though I think I had writer's block for about twenty years and was just storing up things for when I finally got down to writing again about six years ago. In fact, when I produced the first draft of George Valentine's Retirement Plan a friend said I'd written two novels. He was right. That version was 50,000 words longer than the published book.(less)
Laurence Cooper It has to be losing yourself in a world of your own imagining, amidst characters that you have sparked into life who then totter off in their own dire…moreIt has to be losing yourself in a world of your own imagining, amidst characters that you have sparked into life who then totter off in their own direction. You're playing God like you did when you were a child in the garden with your Action Man. Sometimes it's so much fun you can't wait to finish what you're dealing with in the real world and get back to it.(less)
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