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How to begin a novel with hundreds of characters? As one manages a party with hundreds of guests.
“As the owner of a spinning mill, having put his workers in their places, strolls about the establishment, watching out for an idle spindle or the odd one squealing much too loudly, and hastens to go and slow it down or start it up at the proper speed — so Anna Pavlovna strolled about her drawing room. “
— Nov 16, 2024 12:29PM
How to begin a novel with hundreds of characters? As one manages a party with hundreds of guests.
“As the owner of a spinning mill, having put his workers in their places, strolls about the establishment, watching out for an idle spindle or the odd one squealing much too loudly, and hastens to go and slow it down or start it up at the proper speed — so Anna Pavlovna strolled about her drawing room. “
