Claire Donald
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
Yes.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
That's, like, where, like, the really good surfing is.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
Yes.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
Apparently.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
That is the vibe.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
So they end up moving there.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
The house was on a bluff overlooking the Pacific Ocean.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
At this point, they, like, they kind of moved to LA, too.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
Because remember, John's brother, Dominic, is, like, a Hollywood producer.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
Yeah.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
And they moved to L.A.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
being like, we're going to get into screenwriting immediately.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
They're smart.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
Yes.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
They're good at marketing.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
And they really wanted to get into screenwriting.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
But it didn't work out for them like that immediately.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
To make money to pay the bills, they wrote for countless magazines.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
They wrote for the Saturday Evening Post, Life, Esquire magazine.
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Joan Didion: The Writer Who Defined California Cool
And at one point, they even shared a column.