“Have A Plan, And Be Willing To Abandon It” – How George Saunders Picks His Writing Topics

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Published on November 11, 2022

Stephen welcomes one of his favorite authors, George Saunders, back to The Late Show to discuss his writing process and his latest book, “Liberation Day,” which is available everywhere now. #Colbert #GeorgeSaunders #LiberationDay

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  • Motivation Guru 1 year ago

    *Only two people talk about wisdom*
    *one who is older and*
    *The other one who has stumbled a lot at a young age*

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  • MissyGail4eva 1 year ago

    dibs on 2nd

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  • Emily Tamayo Maher 1 year ago

    Wow, so admire George Saunders and now admire Stephen Colbert even more.

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  • Lionel Flores 1 year ago

    Great explanations of discovery!

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  • Adam Potter 1 year ago

    My favorite part of doing improv is when you work off the other person. When you don’t have a plan and you are unprepared, you can the the most genius and funniest stuff just from flying blind. Man plans, God laughs. Having a plan, ruins any chance for a belly laugh or tears running down an upturned cheek from the laugh. My funniest moments are when I’ve worked with someone that can listen and think on the fly.

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  • Al Saunders 1 year ago

    Way to go uncle george, not my real uncle.

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  • Achdujeh 1 year ago

    I already like that Interview before watching it, because I LOOOOOOOOVE George Saunders’ “The Very Persistant Gappers of Frip’ with Lane Smiths sweet Illustrations OMG!
    And I love short stories, and now that I know he writes short stories to I will definetely go buy more of him.

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  • Wendelyn Anderson 1 year ago

    Visual artists too are about letting the process determine the outcome.

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  • Peggy Gallagher 1 year ago

    What an amazing discussion about the writing process…

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  • Ann sans E 1 year ago

    manage your ego, don’t let your ego manage you. you are not your ego.

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  • Justin Summersell 1 year ago

    Brilliant author.

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