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If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity.

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Phyllis Bottome
Age: 81 †
Born: 1882
Born: May 31
Died: 1963
Died: August 22
Author
Novelist
Writer
Phyllis Forbes Dennis
Writer
True
Fiddle
Character
Observations
Give
Plot
Play
Observation
Must
Integrity
Giving
Characters
Second

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