Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process

Draft No. 4: On the Writing Process

Recipient of the Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement AwardDraft No. 4 is a master class on the writer's craft. John McPhee shares insights he has gathered over his long career, and has refined while tea…

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