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I myself, as I__ writing, don__ know who did it. The readers and I are on the same ground. When I start to write a story, I don__ know the conclusion at all and I don__ know what__ going to happen next. If there is a murder case as the first thing, I don__ know who the killer is. I write the book because I would like to find out. If I know who the killer is, there__ no purpose to writing the story.
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I myself, as I__ writing, don__ know who did it. The readers and I are on the same ground. When I start to write a story, I don__ know the conclusion at all and I don__ know what__ going to happen next. If there is a murder case as the first thing, I don__ know who the killer is. I write the book because I would like to find out. If I know who the killer is, there__ no purpose to writing the story.

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