Comments on: Hanging at the Texas Book Festival http://www.backyardpearls.com/blog/2009/hanging-at-the-texas-book-festival/ Sun, 10 Apr 2011 12:53:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Nita Lou Bryant http://www.backyardpearls.com/blog/2009/hanging-at-the-texas-book-festival/comment-page-1/#comment-160 Nita Lou Bryant Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:19:17 +0000 http://www.backyardpearls.com/blog/?p=66#comment-160 Sounds wonderful, Carolyn. Out of town travel prevented me from attending this year--I need to reserve next year's Texas Book Festival dates on my 2010 calendar as soon as we know what they are! I expect Elizabeth Berg has a deep understanding of story structure that gives shape to her writing even during freefall. Along with the crucial discernment to know what to leave out, which lends her writing a powerful economy. Did she happen to mention how many drafts she usually goes through in crafting a novel? Sounds wonderful, Carolyn. Out of town travel prevented me from attending this year–I need to reserve next year’s Texas Book Festival dates on my 2010 calendar as soon as we know what they are!

I expect Elizabeth Berg has a deep understanding of story structure that gives shape to her writing even during freefall. Along with the crucial discernment to know what to leave out, which lends her writing a powerful economy. Did she happen to mention how many drafts she usually goes through in crafting a novel?

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