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When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.
Ernest Hemingway, Death in the Afternoon
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You will need more than just inspiration and talent to write your novel. You will need love, perseverance and courage. You will also need to study the dramaturgy of the masters.
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