I've never made an outline for any novel that I've written. Never. ✨ D…

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I've never made an outline for any novel that I've written. Never. ✨ Don DeLillo: I'm not trying to manipulate reality – this is what I see and hear. Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2010.
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I've never made an outline for any novel that I've written. Never. ✨ Don DeLillo: I'm not trying to manipulate reality – this is what I see and hear. Interview with Robert McCrum, www.theguardian.com. August 8, 2010.

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