Creative Professionals On The Creative Process

The Brian Lehrer Show | Feb 11, 2015

Last week on the show, Joyce Carol Oates told us about how she knows the beginning, middle, and end of her novels before she sits down to write. “Writing a novel is like building a cathedral," she told us.

Creative professionals: is that true for you? 

Painters, writers, sculptors, filmmakers, poets: how much planning happens before you actually set out to create your work? 212-433-9692.

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