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Patricia Highsmith's Cahiers

Patricia Highsmith's Cahiers

"write down all these slender ideas"

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Jillian Hess
Sep 05, 2022
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Patricia Highsmith kept notebooks throughout her life and recommended every writer do the same. Even a few words, scribbled in haste, might prove instrumental to crafting a character, a scene, or a plot twist.

I highly recommend notebooks for writers, a small one if one has to be out on a job all day, a larger one if one has the luxury of staying at home…

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