Claire Messud on ambition
November 21st, 2006 by Michelle
Here’s a good interview with Claire Messud, author of The Emperor’s Children, on the Kenyon Review blog.
So is ambition ever justified? There’s always something insane about it, there’s something always unjustifiable about it. But what would ever get done without it?
Nanomo Writing Exercise:
Write a story that is propelled in part by a character’s blind ambition.
Posted in Ephemera, On Writing, Writing Exercises
November 24th, 2006 at 9:22 am
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