Writing with Marianne Jaeglé·October 29, 2026
What makes a great writer?
Marianne Jaeglé
What is a great writer? Marianne Jaeglé offers an answer inspired by Victor Hugo’s definition: “those whose thought fills every corner of their style.”
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Writing with Marianne Jaeglé
Every Thursday, novelist Marianne Jaeglé, who has led writing workshops since 2002, shares her thoughts on writing and the workings of the novel in short videos.
Writing with Marianne Jaeglé·October 22, 2026
Discovering the Writer Within
Marianne Jaeglé
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
Marianne Jaeglé
Rewriting, yes, but how? After Stephen King, Hédi Kaddour's advice: find the weak point in the text, diagnose it, then treat it.
Writing with Marianne Jaeglé·October 8, 2026
The Magic Formula for Writing
Marianne Jaeglé
The advice from an editor that changed how Stephen King revises his work: cut, trim. And what's your magic formula?
Writing with Marianne Jaeglé·October 1, 2026
The Art of Difficulty
Marianne Jaeglé
Difficulty isn't a sign to stop: it's part of the work of writing a novel, and you have to learn to keep going despite it.
Writing with Marianne Jaeglé·September 17, 2026
Open or Closed Endings?
Marianne Jaeglé
How should you end your novel? A “closed” or an “open” ending: Marianne Jaeglé takes the example of Joyce Carol Oates’s Babysitter.
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.
Writing with Marianne Jaeglé·September 3, 2026
Voltaire or Proust?
Marianne Jaeglé
Her first writing advice: are you more of a Voltaire or a Proust? Do you take the risk of boring the reader?