Writing with Marianne Jaeglé·September 10, 2026
Making a Familiar Subject New
Marianne Jaeglé
How do you breathe new life into a well-worn subject? The example of Naomi Wood’s Mrs Hemingway, in which Hemingway is told through the women he married.
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Writing with Marianne Jaeglé·October 22, 2026
Discovering the Writer Within
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How do you discover, and accept, the writer you really are? The example of Marcel Pagnol, who dreamed of being melancholy and became the writer of Provençal light.
Writing with Marianne Jaeglé·October 15, 2026
The Magic Formula for Revision
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Rewriting, yes, but how? After Stephen King, Hédi Kaddour's advice: find the weak point in the text, diagnose it, then treat it.