Writing for Today
Joyce discusses the importance of writing for one's contemporaries rather than for an audience that may never exist. She reflects on her early self-consciousness as a writer, influenced by her parents' potential reactions, and how she eventually embraced pseudonyms to explore different creative avenues. These names allowed her to experiment with suspenseful narratives, marking a departure from her conventional style.In this clip
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