Arlind Fazliu

Arlind Fazliu asked Margaret Atwood:

Hello !! What would be your advice for a young writer before he starts writing? And how many hours a day do you write ?

Margaret Atwood Hello: My first advice would be: don't listen to any advice before you start writing. Just start. If you listen to too much advice you will get overwhelmed. Once you start, you will find out what you need to know next.

But read. And write a little every day.

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I studied The Handmaid's Tale as a basis for my coursework and I loved the novel. I extended on the chapter when Moira is never seen again, with a Bonnie and Clyde spin-off! From my studies, I was wondering why speech marks are not used for conversation between Offred and the Commander. As a class, we thought it might be something to do with the class/societal divide, so what was your intention behind it?

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Penny asked Margaret Atwood:

In my life thus far as a writer I've come across two camps of successful (in the publishing sense) writers - those that plan their novel manuscripts before contemplating the start of writing them, and those that 'wing it'. How much planning goes into your work? I clearly see a level of planning, how much time do you spend on it? And does your research come before, during or after the planning stage?

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Imen Diamond asked Margaret Atwood:

Personally ,i first got introduced to the Canadian Literature through you Madam ,and through Alice Munro as well,there are only a handful of canadian writers known in the world today,why is that ? what hinders Canadian Literature from getting an international acclaim,as that of the American and British Literatures ? when will Candian literature be taken seriously?! Thank you so much :)

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