How to stop save function from separating every single letter in a list

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When I load it goes from looking like this before you load it:

['', ['Spell Tome: Lightning', 'Spell Tome: Fire', 'Spell Tome: Lava', 'Spell Tome: Water', 'Spell Tome: Ice', 'Spell Tome: Flare']]
xX--------------------xX
['', ['The History of The Empire from 432 to Present (785)', 'The First Golbin Uprising', 'Warrior', 'Commoner', 'Rains Of Blood', 'The History of The College of Magic', 'Legends of The Barenziah', 'A Bumpy Ride']]

to looking like this (looks like this in the save file):

xX--------------------xX
['[', "'", "'", ',', ' ', '[', "'", 'S', 'p', 'e', 'l', 'l', ' ', 'T', 'o', 'm', 'e', ':', ' ', 'L', 'i', 'g', 'h', 't', 'n', 'i', 'n', 'g', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'S', 'p', 'e', 'l', 'l', ' ', 'T', 'o', 'm', 'e', ':', ' ', 'F', 'i', 'r', 'e', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'S', 'p', 'e', 'l', 'l', ' ', 'T', 'o', 'm', 'e', ':', ' ', 'L', 'a', 'v', 'a', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'S', 'p', 'e', 'l', 'l', ' ', 'T', 'o', 'm', 'e', ':', ' ', 'W', 'a', 't', 'e', 'r', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'S', 'p', 'e', 'l', 'l', ' ', 'T', 'o', 'm', 'e', ':', ' ', 'I', 'c', 'e', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'S', 'p', 'e', 'l', 'l', ' ', 'T', 'o', 'm', 'e', ':', ' ', 'F', 'l', 'a', 'r', 'e', "'", ']', ']']
xX--------------------xX
['[', "'", "'", ',', ' ', '[', "'", 'T', 'h', 'e', ' ', 'H', 'i', 's', 't', 'o', 'r', 'y', ' ', 'o', 'f', ' ', 'T', 'h', 'e', ' ', 'E', 'm', 'p', 'i', 'r', 'e', ' ', 'f', 'r', 'o', 'm', ' ', '4', '3', '2', ' ', 't', 'o', ' ', 'P', 'r', 'e', 's', 'e', 'n', 't', ' ', '(', '7', '8', '5', ')', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'T', 'h', 'e', ' ', 'F', 'i', 'r', 's', 't', ' ', 'G', 'o', 'l', 'b', 'i', 'n', ' ', 'U', 'p', 'r', 'i', 's', 'i', 'n', 'g', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'W', 'a', 'r', 'r', 'i', 'o', 'r', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'C', 'o', 'm', 'm', 'o', 'n', 'e', 'r', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'R', 'a', 'i', 'n', 's', ' ', 'O', 'f', ' ', 'B', 'l', 'o', 'o', 'd', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'T', 'h', 'e', ' ', 'H', 'i', 's', 't', 'o', 'r', 'y', ' ', 'o', 'f', ' ', 'T', 'h', 'e', ' ', 'C', 'o', 'l', 'l', 'e', 'g', 'e', ' ', 'o', 'f', ' ', 'M', 'a', 'g', 'i', 'c', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'L', 'e', 'g', 'e', 'n', 'd', 's', ' ', 'o', 'f', ' ', 'T', 'h', 'e', ' ', 'B', 'a', 'r', 'e', 'n', 'z', 'i', 'a', 'h', "'", ',', ' ', "'", 'A', ' ', 'B', 'u', 'm', 'p', 'y', ' ', 'R', 'i', 'd', 'e', "'", ']', ']']
xX--------------------xX
['[', "'", "'", ']']

I tried saving as a list, changing it to a list, and other things.

I guess this is a duplicate of https://stackoverflow.com/questions/10775894/converting-a-string-representation-of-a-list-into-an-actual-list-object — mkrieger1, Aug 28 '23 at 22:14
I load it by opening a file with a certain len of a text file which has to be saved as a string then turned into a list by specifying its loaded as a list. — Tyler, Aug 28 '23 at 22:16
Can you please add code or at least try to explain what youre trying to do — RedH, Aug 28 '23 at 22:18
Only showing the symptoms will probably not allow to point out the problem in your code. I think you will have to find a way to make a [mre]. Otherwise try to explain why you can't so you can first get help with that. — Yunnosch, Aug 28 '23 at 22:20
This is what you'd get if you use `str(list(line))` and then write that to the file. — Barmar, Aug 28 '23 at 22:20
Where are the two additional `xX--------------------xX` coming from in your save file? — mkrieger1, Aug 28 '23 at 22:21

How to stop save function from separating every single letter in a list

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