The Write Advice 033: TAMA JANOWITZ

Ultimately you could keep writing the same story or the same book your whole life, but as you grew older, of course, you'd have other things to add than you knew when you were young… A novel is a bit easier to write.  A short story can be very hard, because it's a very small space and you want to have something happen.  A novel has a beginning, a middle and an end.  I like to write novels much more.

Interview [Bold Type, c 1999]



Use the link below to read the full interview with North American novelist TAMA JANOWITZ:

 

http://www.randomhouse.com/boldtype/0899/janowitz/interview.html

 

 

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