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WE ARE IN THE LIP FIELD HILLS, OF LITCHFIELD, CONNECTICUT, AN WE LIVE HERE, I GUESS, THE MAJOR REASON... |
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YOU SAID THAT YOU WRITE LIKE A LAWYER. AND MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT I TALK TO ARE TRAINED HISTORIANS,... |
| 00:04:16 |
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WELL, I THINK THE SORT OF ORGANIZED WRITING IN PURSUIT OF A THEME OR AN ARGUMENT, WHILE IT'S NOT WRITTEN... |
| 00:05:51 |
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YOU DON'T KNOW HOW MANY WORDS A MINUTE YOU TYPE? |
| 00:05:53 |
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WELL, BECAUSE I CORRECTED IT AS I GO ALODGE. I WOULD GUESS 40 OR 45, WITH ACCURACY. AND JUST A COUPLE... |
| 00:07:14 |
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AT WHAT POINT DO YOU GET YOUR MANUSCRIPT TO AN EDITOR AND HOW MUCH DO YOU WORK WITH AN EDITOR OR IS... |
| 00:07:22 |
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NO. THAT VARIES. YOU GET EDITORS WHO REALLY WANT TO IMPINGE, THEY REALLY WANT TO GET IN THERE, BUT... |
| 00:10:28 |
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IF WE COULD GO BACK IF TIME AND OBSERVE YOU WRITING YOUR FIRST BOOK, HOW DIFFERENT WOULD THAT BE,... |
| 00:10:37 |
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WELL, MY FIRST BOOK WAS ACTUALLY MY SECOND BOOK, EXCEPT THAT NOBODY -- AND I DON'T EVEN THINK I EVER... |
| 00:12:30 |
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DID YOUR WRITING METHOD CHANGE A LOT SINCE THEN, THE WAY YOU TAKE NOTES, THE WAY YOU DO YOUR FIRST... |
| 00:12:43 |
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OH, I THINK YOUR METHODOLOGY CHANGES. NOW, IF YOUR SOMEONE WHO DOES ESSENTIALLY OUT OF FOUR OR FIVE... |
| 00:14:53 |
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WELL, I HAVE A LOT OF BOOKS HERE ON THE SPECIALTIES THAT I WRITE ABOUT, POLITICS, HISTORY, ECONOMICS.... |
| 00:15:50 |
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WHAT'S THE STAGE OF YOUR PROCESS WITH THAT BOOK NOW? |
| 00:15:56 |
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OH, IT'S JUST -- IT'S BEN -- BEEN OUTLINED AND SOLD BUT IT'S JUST RESEARCH AT THIS POINT. I'M NOT... |
| 00:16:51 |
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I SEE ONE HERE, STRANGERS OF THE REALM, WITHIN THE REALM. JUST TO ASK YOU, IT'S GOT ALL OF THESE --... |
| 00:17:00 |
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CULTURAL MARGINS OF THE FIRST BRITISH EMPIRE. THIS WOULD BE TALKING ABOUT IRISH AN GERMANS AND SCOTTS... |
| 00:18:23 |
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AND THEN OF ALL THESE BOOKS ON THE TABLE HERE, HOW MANY OF THEM WILL YOU READ -- WILL YOU READ ANY... |
| 00:18:35 |
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I WOULD SAY THAT I PROBABLY READ 20 TO 30% COVER TO COVER. BUT PROBABLY ALMOST ALL OF THEM IN THE... |
| 00:19:06 |
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WHAT ABOUT ALL THESE OTHER THINGS AROUND HERE? |
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WELL, WHAT I COULD TELL YOU IS THAT IT'S ALWAYS SORT OF EMBARRASSING. THE JUNK ON THE FLOOR. PILES... |
| 00:19:48 |
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WELL, THE BOOKS HERE ARE IN ESSENCE, ANTOLOGIES, WHOSE WHO BOOKS, QUOTATIONS, ENCYCLOPEDIAS, THERE... |
| 00:21:00 |
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THESE BOOKS HERE, RIGHT WHEN YOU WALK INTO YOUR FRONT DOOR, WHAT ARE THESE? |
| 00:21:06 |
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THESE ARE ABOUT A HALF TO TWO-THIRDS BRITISH HISTORY. AND THAT FOR ME IS ENORMOUSLY RELEVANT TO MY... |
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AND THIS ACTUALLY HAS THE ONLY EXAMPLE OF A BOOK GROUPING. |
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WHAT DO YOU HAVE HERE? |
| 00:23:26 |
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WELL, THIS GROUP AND THIS GROUP HERE AND PROBABLY A BIT ON THE BOTTOM TOO, THEY WERE ALL BOOKS THAT... |
| 00:24:45 |
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WEALTH AND POVERTY OF THE NATIONSTATE. THEY ALL DEAL WITH SORT OF WHAT MAKES LEADING WORLD POWERS... |
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ANY RHYME OR REASON TO THE OTHER BOOKS OF. |
| 00:25:27 |
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YES. THOSE ARE AMERICAN AND BRITISH AND NOT TOO MUCH ELSE, A STORABLE MODELS. |
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A YOUNG PERSON COMES TO YOU. THEY WILL TRY TO WRITE THEIR FIRST BOOK IN THE ASCII FORTIFIES. WHAT... |
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WRITE SOMETHING YOU KNOW EITHER A LOT ABOUT OR MORE ABOUT THAN YOU DO ABOUT OTHER THINGS. AND WRITE... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
