How to write the self | Meg Rosoff

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Published on October 11, 2022 6:00:19 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r3nExNqphSc

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In this interview Meg Rosoff reveals the key to writing the self.

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00:00 Writing the self
03:00 Can you explain the concept of "throughness"?
06:00 How do you know whether a story is worth telling?

How do we know if a story is worth telling? Can we actively seek out inspiration, or do we have to wait for it to strike? In this interview, award-winning writer and author of 'How I Live Now', Meg Rosoff, provides an insight into her writing philosophy. She discusses her origins in advertising, why the theme of adolescence fascinates her, and how a passion for horse-riding inspired the idea of 'throughness' which encapsualtes the relationship between the conscious and unconscious mind.

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Meg Rosoff is an award-winning writer. She is perhaps best known for the novels 'How I Live Now' which won the Guardian Prize, and 'Just In Case, for which she was awarded the Carnegie medal. Her most recent novel, 'The Great Godden' is a coming-of-age novel which was nominated for the Costa Book Award in 2020.

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