• I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage.

  Anne Tyler
  American novelist and short story writer 1941-
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1. background
2. appearance
3. calculated
4. artificial
5. novel
6. think

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I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage. by : Anne Tyler

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