194: Fortunately, They Are Not Carnivores
Dear Hank & John
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'Turtles All the Way Down'
If you're gong to write a novel, you need to love your characters. You need to see their essential humanity. They don't have to always be likeable. In fact, i think if they're realistic, they won't always be likable. If you write characters that are just exaggerated versions of the things you don't like about your friends, it feels really pasive, aggressive to me. It lacks a certain amount of emotional intelligence. O and then to be like, here, read my book, in which you clearly are, and not in a nice way. Ye, maybe i just give them turtles all the way down. I tell them, you know how as
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