I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is t…

John Steinbeck
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I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue. ✨ John Steinbeck (1990). Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters, p.164, Penguin
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I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue. ✨ John Steinbeck (1990). Journal of a Novel: The East of Eden Letters, p.164, Penguin

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