Right before I wrote my first novel, when I was living in Madison, still working in a lab, I had really bad writer's block. My roommate at the time said to me, 'What are you afraid of? It's just a draft. Just write it; you know how to write. It's a draft, you can fix anything.' That was really revelatory for me; I went from a person who did not finish anything to a person who suddenly had the capacity to finish something. I suddenly had confidence in my ability to fix it later. So yeah: it's just a draft. It's so powerful.
Interview [Penguin Books UK, June 2023]
Use the link below to read the full interview with North American novelist BRANDON TAYLOR:
https://www.penguin.co.uk/articles/2023/06/brandon-taylor-interview-lateamericans
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