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Author as Puppeteer – Author Intrusion

An Easy Trap In a previous Be A Novelist blog post entitled Story or Message, I alluded to the plotting problem of author intrusion. Author intrusion is an easy trap for the beginning novelist to slip into. In that blog … Continue reading

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Flexing Novel-Writing Muscles

Toned for Swimming I was reading an article in our local small town newspaper recently about a high school student who was making significant wins in swimming competition.  The article explained that this young lady swims two hours every day … Continue reading

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