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Stewart O'Nan —
American
Novelist
born on February 04, 1961,
Stewart O'Nan is an American novelist... (wikipedia)
When I'm writing, I try to have the mask of my character on as I'm walking through the world.
Local teenagers killed in a car crash is a suburban legend, a stock plot line.
The story is always in service to the characters, and is only as long or short, or neat or ragged as it needs to be.
I always squirm when I read what's called 'creative nonfiction,' and the writer is lobbing gobs of emotion and language at the world, hoping some of it will stick.
My main question that I ask of my characters is, 'What does it feel like to be you? And how do you get through the day? Where do you find the hope and faith to endure getting through the days, and what are your days like?'
