Diane Johnson Quotes
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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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Author Details:
Type:
Novelist Quotes
Category:
American Novelist Quotes
Date of Birth:
April 28, 1934
Nationality:
American
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Related Authors:
Ernest Hemingway
Richard Bach
Chuck Palahniuk
William Faulkner
Jack Kerouac
Elie Wiesel
Nathaniel Hawthorne
Truman Capote
Gore Vidal
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Dictionary Links:

Already,
Apparent,
Deepening,
End,
Even,
Finding,
Job,
Novel,
Out,
Outset,
Pattern,
Rarely,
Sharpening,
Theme,
Understanding,
Whole,
Writer,
Writing,
Written
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