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Diane Johnson Quotes

A novel's whole pattern is rarely apparent at the outset of writing, or even at the end; that is when the writer finds out what a novel is about, and the job becomes one of understanding and deepening or sharpening what is already written. That is finding the theme.
Diane Johnson

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Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
American Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 28, 1934
Nationality:
American
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