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13 hours ago ago from How to Write a Novel:

Writing an outline for your novel, at least a tentative outline, generally helps to makes it much easier to write your novel. A novel outline reveals the contents, organization, and structure. It should be written with particular attention to the principals of drama and conflict. That is, each chapter and scene ought to have a specific purpose or goal. These goals and purposes will be determined primarily by your characters antagonists and ...

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During a recent telephone conversation, I mentioned having sent off the last revisions for my twentieth novel, Great Sky Woman. There was a silence on the other side of the phone, followed by the question How in the world do you do that? Twenty novels! The truth is that I know many writers who have written far more than twenty novels. It is not that unusual. In fact, if you are a working writer, the output is very close to a book a year. ...

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All events free unless otherwise noted December 27 (6:30 pm - 8:30 pm) Bilingual Creative Writing Workshop . Mano a Mano: Mexican Culture Without Borders and the New York Writers Coalition present a weekly workshop for Spanish- and English-language writers of all levels of experience. Participants must sign up in advance. At 64 Fulton Street, Suite 403. For more information and to RSVP, email info@manoamano.net or call 212-587-3070 ...

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