I do write long, long character notes - family background, history, details of appearance - much more than will ever appear in the novel. I think this is what lifts a book from that early calculated, artificial stage.
When I read, I'm purely a reader
Sooner or later, even the sharpest pain became flattened.
But if you never did anything you couldn't undo you'd end up doing nothing at all.
I save the best of myself for novels, and I believe it shows
Some people are aware of everything that is going on everywhere at every moment in their lives.