Mal Peet - Everyone who sits on a sofa watching 'Match of the Day' is a top soccer expert, a...

Mal Peet Zitate

Everyone who sits on a sofa watching 'Match of the Day' is a top soccer expert, as you know. So if you start to worry about such people reading your story and saying, 'That'd never happen' you're going to freeze up. You're writing fiction, and your characters can do whatever you need them to do.

Mal Peet

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Deutsche Übersetzung

Jeder, der auf einem Sofa sitzt und "Match of the Day" schaut, ist, wie Sie wissen, ein hervorragender Fußballexperte. Wenn Sie sich also Sorgen machen, dass solche Leute Ihre Geschichte lesen und sagen: "Das würde niemals passieren", werden Sie erstarren. Sie schreiben Fiktion und Ihre Charaktere können alles tun, was Sie brauchen.

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