Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming

Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming
From tender stem hath sprung!
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motives, backgrounds, and focus

 The need to focus in a novel has repercussions that make for some harder to recognize difference between role-playing games and novels.

For instance, the characters need motives -- BUT -- not too much motive.  Particularly for the less important characters.

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