There is, of course, another great reservoir of characters: those ready-made for us in books. A painter who wants to paint a tree needs to do two things: look at trees and look at paintings of trees. The first task shows what trees are like, the second shows the possibilities of the medium. Likewise, as a writer, it is by reading that you learn how, in language, a character can be presented - through dialogue, through action, through physical attributes, interior monologue, etc. - a process that continues until you have absorbed these methods, and they have become a reflex so embedded in your apprehending of the world that you will never notice anything about anybody without secretly assessing its potential for fiction writing.
The writer compares a novelist to a painter because they both
A have a natural talent for the work they produce.
B base their work on what happens in real life.
C need a lot of time to think about a new project.
D learn by looking at the methods used by others in their field.
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The correct answer is letter D.
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