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Goodreads asked Alexander Tilney:

What’s the best thing about being a writer?

Alexander Tilney The pleasure of unexpected things happening. When you are in the trance of the story and a detail emerges--the weight of the payphone receiver, a surprising testy joke from a character--the whole world of the book feels alive. It's worth the pain getting there.

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