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According to Hugh McKay 'Social analysis is educated guesswork; fiction draws from the well of personal reality.' Mackay argues that 'virtually without exception, it seems to me, the most convincing characters in any work of literary fiction will be facets of the author's own personality. The very process that gives fiction its authenticity demands tht the author's psyche come out of hiding to express itself through impersonation.'
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