Mediating between factual and imaginative mindsets drove her diverse output

Evidence

It may have been the effort to mediate between two mindsets that led to the diversity of her work; neither novels nor reportage could satisfy a restless talent. — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 538

Categorization

  • XREF: Speaks to the reader’s own question of how genre-spanning writers balance research and invention. — connects to: Reflective thinking connects known facts to unknown conclusions through inferences — Ruggero J. Aldisert, Agatha D. Aldisert, Logic for Lawyers- A Guide to Clear…, 761
  • corroborated: 2 independent passages support this claim — Hilary Mantel, A Memoir of My Former Self- A Life in…, 538

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