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“I'm kind of a control freak. But there are others like me.”

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Lauren Groff is a renowned American novelist born on July 23, 1978. Her works are known for their unique narrative style and profound character development, winning her a dedicated following. more

“The idea of legitimacy is something I suppose I deal with in my fiction, and in part it's probably a response to my upbringing. When I was growing up I was the middle child, pathologically shy, in a family with a very loud and opinionated older brother, and I felt as if I never had the right to speak. As a result, I simply didn't speak very much.”

Children Speak Growing Up Brother Response Shy Upbringing Older Brother

Author:Lauren Groff

“I kept a lot of my thoughts inside myself. So, perhaps more than is normal, I'm always questioning my role as a writer. I'm always stopping and asking myself: Do I have the right to tell this story? Is it a story that deserves to be heard? And as for whether I think of myself as a Writer with a capital "W," I very much hope I never do.”

Thinking Deserve Questioning My Thoughts

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“When I meet people I try to make a joke out of my occupation, explaining that what I do all day is sit alone in a darkened room, flicking through some pages, jumping on a treadmill now and then. I keep my serious work as a writer private, but that doesn't mean it's not serious work - quite the opposite.”

People Trying Mean Serious Jokes Now And Then

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“Even the presence of my kids cannot, during those writing hours, disturb me. Unless there's a bone sticking out of their arm, I'm not interested.”

Writing Kids Hours Bones Not Interested

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“I'm a private person, a shy person. Sometimes, reading for eleven hours straight feels to me like the perfect way to spend a day.”

Sometimes Reading Hours Perfect Shy

Author:Lauren Groff

“I feel lucky. I do love it, mostly. At college I had it in my heart that I wanted to be a writer but I didn't want to tell anyone about it. Then I graduated and became a bartender in Philadelphia, writing during the day. I was the worst bartender in the world.”

World Writing Heart Worst College My Heart Lucky Bartender

Author:Lauren Groff

“I had a series of terrible jobs, whatever would allow me to write for four hours during the day. During that time I wrote three novels - all of which were extraordinarily poor. I decided after that to go and get my MFA.”

Writing Hours Poor Novel Terrible

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“I've always relied on producing more material than I need. With each of my published novels I've written around four times the amount of material that's ended up in the book.”

Book Novel

Author:Lauren Groff

“It's more like I write multiple first drafts, handwritten. So with my first novel, I wrote whole drafts from different points of view. There are different versions of that novel in a drawer on loose-leaf sheets. I won't even look at the first draft while I'm writing the second, and I won't look at the second before writing the third.”

Writing Different Novel Point Of View Multiple

Author:Lauren Groff

“I'm a physical learner. I learn from writing drafts, not reading them.”

Writing Reading

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