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Janet Frame

Writing a novel is not merely going on a shopping expedition across the border to an unreal land: it is hours and years spent in the factories, the streets, the cathedrals of the imagination.

Janet Frame

Imagination

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Creating a novel requires deep and sustained effort, involving continuous work within the complex and detailed realms of the mind. It is not just a quick or easy journey to a fantastical place, but a long process of building and exploring imaginative spaces like factories, streets, and cathedrals.

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