{"id":130073,"date":"2018-10-16T13:00:19","date_gmt":"2018-10-16T17:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/?p=130073"},"modified":"2018-10-15T12:59:44","modified_gmt":"2018-10-15T16:59:44","slug":"redux-two-hundred-perfect-words-every-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/2018\/10\/16\/redux-two-hundred-perfect-words-every-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Redux: Two Hundred Perfect Words Every Day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Every week, the editors of<\/em>\u00a0The Paris Review<em>\u00a0lift the paywall on a selection of interviews, stories, poems, and more from the magazine\u2019s archive. You can have these unlocked\u00a0pieces delivered straight to your inbox every\u00a0Sunday by\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/forms\/d\/e\/1FAIpQLSfnx3y2sMXUtu-ZwAQeTN1iAYh_S21I2df71FY0mU5GxosjAw\/viewform\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">signing up for the Redux newsletter<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/2537\/doris-lessing-the-art-of-fiction-no-102-doris-lessing\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130076 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/doris.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"819\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/doris.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/doris-300x246.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/doris-768x629.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This week, we bring you more selections by some of the women featured in <a href=\"https:\/\/store.theparisreview.org\/collections\/books\/products\/women-at-work-vol-ii-interviews-from-the-paris-review\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Women at Work Volume Two<\/em><\/a>: Doris Lessing\u2019s 1988 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/2537\/doris-lessing-the-art-of-fiction-no-102-doris-lessing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Art of Fiction interview<\/a>, Jeanette Winterson\u2019s short story \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/1897\/the-lives-of-saints-jeanette-winterson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lives of Saints<\/a>,\u201d and May Sarton\u2019s poem \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/2086\/coming-into-eighty-may-sarton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coming into Eighty<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If you enjoy these free interviews, stories, and poems, why not <a href=\"https:\/\/ssl.drgnetwork.com\/ecom\/TPR\/app\/live\/subscriptions?org=TPR&amp;publ=PR&amp;key_code=ENAPRFX&amp;type=S&amp;gift_key=TESTFXG\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">subscribe<\/a> to read the entire archive? You\u2019ll also get four new issues of the quarterly delivered straight to your door.\u00a0<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/interviews\/2537\/doris-lessing-the-art-of-fiction-no-102-doris-lessing\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Doris Lessing, The Art of Fiction No. 102<\/a><br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 106 (Spring 1988)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>When I was bringing up a child I taught myself to write in very short concentrated bursts. If I had a weekend, or a week, I\u2019d do unbelievable amounts of work. Now those habits tend to be ingrained. In fact, I\u2019d do much better if I could go more slowly. But it\u2019s a habit. I\u2019ve noticed that most women write like that, whereas Graham Greene, I understand, writes two hundred perfect words every day! So I\u2019m told!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/1897\/the-lives-of-saints-jeanette-winterson\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130079 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/saints-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"641\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/saints-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/saints-1-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/saints-1-768x481.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/fiction\/1897\/the-lives-of-saints-jeanette-winterson\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Lives of Saints<\/a><br \/>\nBy Jeanette Winterson<br \/>\n<em>Issue no. 128 (Fall 1993)<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>That day we saw three Jews in full-length black coats and black hats standing on identical stools looking into the funnel of a pasta machine. One stepped down from his little stool and went to the front where the pasta was stretching out in orange strands. He took two strands and held them up high so that they dropped against his coat. He looked like he\u2019d been decorated with medal ribbon. They bought the machine. The Italian boys in T-shirts carried it to the truck.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/2086\/coming-into-eighty-may-sarton\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-130083 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shipwreck-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1000\" height=\"620\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shipwreck-2.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shipwreck-2-300x186.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/10\/shipwreck-2-768x476.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (min-width: 62.5em) 67vw, 100vw\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theparisreview.org\/poetry\/2086\/coming-into-eighty-may-sarton\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Coming into Eighty<\/a><br \/>\nBy May Sarton<br \/>\nIssue no. 123 (Summer 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