"An artist does not fake reality, he stylizes it. He selects those aspects of existence which he regards as metaphysically significant- and by isolating and stressing them, by omitting the insignificant and accidental, he presents his view of existence. His concepts are not divorced from the facts of reality, - they are concepts which integrate the facts and his metaphysical evaluation of the facts". Ayn Rand Lexicon pg. 150
In"Objectivism: The Philosophy of Ayn Rand" by Doctor of Philosophy Leonard Piekoff I found the following: "The subject of an art work," writes Ayn Rand, "expresses a view of man's existence, while the style expresses a view of man's consciousness. The subject reveals an artist's metaphysics, the style reveals his psycho-epistemology." pg 442. Dr. Piekoff continues; In Ayn Rand's words, style reveals an artist's implicit view of the mind's "proper level of functioning." the level "on which the artist feels most at home." Ayn rand discusses style in chapters 3,4 and 5 of "The Romantic Manifesto." With respect to literary style, Dr. Piekoff states, "information may be found in her 1958 Lectures on fictional writing."