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There Are Some People Who Have Been Reading Me For Years, And They Keep Saying Kind Things About The Writing. That's What You're Writing For, To Get People To Respond To It.

I Focus On Characters As Individuals With Attitudes And Write Each Scene From A Particular Character's Point Of View. That Way, Even Narrative Passages Take On The Character's Sound. I Don't Want The Reader To Be Aware Of Me, Writing.

Keep Your Exclamation Points Under Control. You Are Allowed No More Than Two Or Three Per 100,000 Words Of Prose.

I Once Saw Dizzy Gillespie At A Live Show, And It Made Me Want To Go Home Immediately And Start Writing.

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