When I began writing novels, I read Aristotle to learn how to perfect structure, Pearl Cleage to sustain tension, and Nora Roberts for characterization.

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• Edgar Allan Poe

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• Socrates

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• Thomas Jefferson

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• Steven Wright

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• Abraham Lincoln

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• Plato

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• Ronald Reagan

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• Vincent Van Gogh

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• William Blake

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• Barack Obama

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