• August 5, 2010 •
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• August 3, 2010 •
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• July 29, 2010 •
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Tags: action, arc, attention, build, causality, cause-and-effect, character development, Charles Dickens, conflict, engagement, Jane Austen, Ken Follet, pacing, plot, Pride and Prejudice, protagonist, reaction, reader, tension, The Pillars of the Earth, thriller, timing, transformation, World Without End, writer
• July 11, 2010 •
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Tags: 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers, arc, artistry, crisis, obstacles, ordeal, Peter Selgin, plot, reversal novel, skill, tension, writer, writing
• July 5, 2010 •
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Tags: 179 Ways to Save a Novel: Matters of Vital Concern to Fiction Writers, artistry, authentic, characters, narrative, Novel, O Pioneers, Peter Selgin, plot, Willa Cather, writing
• June 16, 2010 •
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• June 3, 2010 •
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• April 28, 2010 •
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• June 16, 2010 • Leave a CommentPosted in Musings
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