A novel that features real people is complicated, but in the end, that extra challenge is all for the good.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
In a novel, if you're any good, you don't just have good people or bad people. You have complicated people. You have real people.
Each novel is harder than its predecessor because I must work harder at not repeating myself. However, I enjoy the challenge. This is the greatest job in the world.
Real life is far more complicated than fiction.
I've found I can plunge the characters into whatever absurd, awful situation, and readers will follow as long as the writer makes them seem like 'real people.'
Every single book is a challenge.
Good fiction is made of that which is real, and reality is difficult to come by.
I think that whenever a book is not a challenge, I'm telling the wrong story.
The good thing about writing a novel is that you're creating an imaginary world and can take a break when you need to.
A novel is about people.
My favorite kind of book is a domestic drama that's grounded in reality yet slightly unhinged.
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