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SciWriteLabs 7.3: Long-form narratives, crappy first drafts, and the importance of wasting time

By Seth Mnookin
Posted: January 1, 2012
Category: Autism, Journalism, SciWriteLabs, The New York Times | Tagged Amherst, Anne Lamott, Anne Leigh, Barbara Graustark, Chris Jones, David Dobbs, Dean Baquet, Deborah Blum, Eve Online, Fred Conrad, Gay Talese, Glenn Kramon, Graduate Program in Science Writing, Jack Hart, Jack Robison, John Elder Robison, John McPhee, Jonah Lehrer, Josh Williams, Kanye Rogers, Kassie Bracken, Kirsten Lindsmith, Kurt Andersen, MIT, Nieman Storyboard, Philadelphia, The Huffington Post, The New Yorker, The Oregonian, The Panic Virus, The Paris Review, Wendy Mnookin | 2 Comments
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