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Spy novelist's writing room

Name: Tip 1: Make the verb do the work
Uploaded: 2017-09-16T23:54:08+0000
Duration: 34 s
Description: Author John le Carré shows 60 Minutes how he cuts anything extraneous when he edits his work -- and why he avoids adjectives

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