Your work needs force—some manner of making these potentially powerful characters alive and of giving texture to the setting. Giving details about t

There Is No Point in My Being Other Than Honest with You: On Toni Morrison’s Rejection Letters

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Your work needs force—some manner of making these potentially powerful characters alive and of giving texture to the setting. Giving details about the people—more than what they look like—what idiosyncrasies they have, what distinguished mannerism—and details about where the action takes place: what is in the room, what is the light like, the smells, etc.—all of that would give us texture and tone.

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