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been so crude； he built the synopsis into the actual story。
While I was trying to decide how to do this； my Wife began telling me （she doesn't exactly nag； but sometimes she advocates rather ruthlessly） that I had never really finished the story of Mr。 Jingles； the circus mouse。 I thought she was right； and began to see that； by making Mr。 Jingles a secret of Paul Edgebe's in his old age； I could create a fairly interesting 〃front story。〃（The result is a little bit like the form taken by the film version of Fried Green Tomatoes。） In fact； everything in Paul's front story … the story of his life at the Georgia Pines old folks； home … turned out to my satisfaction。 I particularly liked the way that Dolan； the orderly； and Percy Wetmore became entwined in Paul's mind。 And that was not something I planned or did on purpose； like the happiest of fictions； it just ambled along and stepped into its place。
I want to thank Ralph Vicinanza for bringing me the … serial thriller … idea in the first place； and all my friends at Viking Penguin and Signet for getting behind it； even though they were scared to death at the beginning （all writers are crazy； and of course they knew that）。 I also want to thank Marsha DeFilippo； who transcribed a whole stenographer's notebook full of my cramped handwriting and never plained。 Well 。。。 rarely plained。
Most of all； though； I want to thank my wife； Tabitha； who read this story and said she liked it。 Writers almost always write with some ideal reader in mind； I think； and my wife is mine。 We don't always see eye to eye when it es to what we each write （hell； we rarely see eye to eye when we're shopping together in the supermarket）； but when she says it's good； it usually is。 Because she's tough； and if I try to cheat or cut a er； she always sees it。
And you； Constant Reader。 Thank you； as well； and if you have any ideas about The Green Mile as a single volume； please let me know。
Stephen King
April 28； 1996
New York City
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