How do you write a good book? Literature and authors

Writing a book is not having an idea: it is holding it for three hundred pages. Iris explains the real process, the routine, the editor’s role and the moment you have to throw away your favourite part.

What this episode covers

• How a novel is structured before you write it
• The real routine of someone who writes seriously
• What an editor does and why you need one
• How you know a text is finished

About the guest

Iris Iglesias is writer. This conversation was recorded for season 1 of Otra Conversación and runs 1h 11m with no cuts and no closed script.