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He says Dante is not fully enlightened at the start; the act of writing the Divine Comedy is itself revelatory and changes him as a person.
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Writing process
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "Okay. So that means in the beginning of the writing, he's not quite yet, like, enlightenment, right? Like, to a state of enlightenment."
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"Okay. So that means in the beginning of the writing, he's not quite yet, like, enlightenment, right? Like, to a state of enlightenment."
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"That's right, okay? That's a really important thing to appreciate, where maybe from an early age, he's able to conceive the Divine Comedy, okay?..."
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"...novels okay i write novels okay and i'll i'll take my writing process um what happens is i get up in the morning and..."
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"...past before. I've published two books, so I know the book writing process. I'm an agent, so it won't be hard for me to..."
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"...will look at one last story to show you how this writing process works."
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"...people for thousands of years. Okay? Because it's part of the writing process. It's co"
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