فإنّ من الأسباب التي تحمل المؤلّف على الجنوح إلى الخيال والتكلّف ، عدم إلمامه التامّ بشخصية أشخاصه وإتيانه في روايته بأشخاص لم يشاهدهم أو شاهدهم عرضاً ولم يتسنَّ له درسُهم .
For one of the reasons that make authors turn to [irrealistic] imagination and mannerism is [often] his lack of a profound/comprehensive knowledge of the character of his protagonists and the fact that he creates in his narrative characters he has never, or only randomly, been able to watch and study carefully.
