He must shape simultaneously (in an expanding creative moment) his characters, plot, and setting, each inextricably conn — John Gardner, The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
He must shape simultaneously (in an expanding creative moment) his characters, plot, and setting, each inextricably conn — John Gardner, The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
He must shape simultaneously (in an expanding creative moment) his characters, plot, and setting, each inextricably conn — John Gardner, The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
He must shape simultaneously (in an expanding creative moment) his characters, plot, and setting, each inextricably conn — John Gardner, The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
He must shape simultaneously (in an expanding creative moment) his characters, plot, and setting, each inextricably conn — John Gardner, The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
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He must shape simultaneously (in an expanding creative moment) his characters, plot, and setting, each inextricably connected to the others; he must make his whole world in a single, coherent gesture, as a potter makes a pot...

— John Gardner, The Art of Fiction: Notes on Craft for Young Writers
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