The next time you are struggling with your own writing, recall this selection of pages from the drafts of great novels.

Jonathan Gottschall, the author of The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human, compiled a list of dishevelled first drafts from famous authors, including Marcel Proust (pictured), John Updike, JG Ballard and Charles Dickens.

Click on the link above for the full list.

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