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A novel in 30 days?

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The first day of National Novel Writing Month began this morning. The organisers have a website and expect 200,000 novels to be uploaded onto it by the end of the month. Is 30 days enough time to produce a work of fiction? We spoke to two hugely successful writers, Ian Rankin and Frederick Forsyth.

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