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Plot in a Nutshell — Writing the Novel Synopsis

Hair-Pulling Agony When my children were young, I was an avid, and excellent, seamstress. Many of the clothes they wore were products of me and my trusty sewing machine. As much as I enjoyed sewing, I despised making alterations and … Continue reading

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Creating Patterns as a Novelist – Part III

Patterns in Plotting In this series about patterns in plotting we’ve established that, contrary to other areas such as science and the humanities, novelists must create patterns. (As opposed to other areas that tend to discover patterns.) This need to … Continue reading

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