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A word out of place or an interesting choice of vocabulary can spawn a whole character.

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Sara Sheridan
Age: 56
Born: 1968
Born: June 7
Novelist
Writer
Edinburgh
Scotland
Choices
Word
Interesting
Place
Character
Whole
Spawn
Vocabulary
Choice

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I had loved poetry and the theatre. Now I loved adventure more.
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Scotland just isn't terribly Tory.
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