Well, I’m very disappointed. I had decided never to publish another book. However, my publishing company decided to publish the first draft of my novel, that I wrote way back in the 50s, and pretend it was a new book. How would you like people to read your first draft of something? I can tell you, I’m pretty embarrassed! To Kill a Mockingbird is a much better book than Go Set a Watchman. So far, one of the biggest complaints reviewers have is how Atticus Finch is portrayed in Go Set a Watchman. Some people are saying that he changed too much. Some people are saying that Scout is simply seeing her father through the eyes of an adult, instead of the eyes of a child. Some people are upset that their fictional hero has significant flaws. What people don’t get is that, Atticus in Go Set a Watchman is a different character than Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird!. He is an earlier version of the character. I changed him. Atticus in To Kill a Mockingbird, is the new version of the character I decided to create. I wish my publisher had never published Go Set a Watchman! It would have saved me a lot of explaining!
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