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Laura Lippman on Visual Outlines

Laura Lippman shares her unusual outlining technique

“There comes a point where you’ve gotten so deep into the novel that the words don’t really make sense anymore,” says Laura Lippman as she describes the need for a tactile writing process involving visual and colorful outlines. Lippman’s latest novel, Lady in the Lake (William Morrow, 2019), is set in 1960s Baltimore and follows a housewife turned aspiring reporter who pursues the murder of a forgotten young woman.

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Laura Lippman
Lady in the Lake
William Morrow
2019
writing practice
writing process
novel
HarperCollins

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