I keep an elaborate calendar for my characters detailing on which dates everything happens. I'm constantly revising this as I go along. It gives me the freedom to intricately plot my story, knowing it will at least hold up on a timeline.

-- Maria Semple 玛丽亚·塞姆普

我为我的角色准备了一个精心制作的日历，详细记录了每件事发生的日期。我一直在修改。它给了我自由，让我可以复杂地构思我的故事，知道它至少会在时间轴上站得住。

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Normally you read a screenplay - and I read a lot of them - and the characters don't feel like people. They feel like plot devices or cliches or stereotypes.

通常情况下，你读剧本——我读了很多——而角色却不像人。他们感觉就像情节设置、陈词滥调或刻板印象。

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Writing is truly a creative art - putting word to a blank piece of paper and ending up with a full-fledged story rife with character and plot.

写作确实是一门创造性的艺术——把文字写在一张白纸上，以一个充满人物和情节的完整故事结尾。

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Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes.

跑步开始是一种放松的方式。这是我唯一属于自己的时间。没有电话、电子邮件或传真。

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Tomorrow is often the busiest time of the year.

明天往往是一年中最忙的时候。

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