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Subscribe nowIan McEwan recently told The Guardian his motivation for writing novels. "Ah, the dopamine moment is finishing them. It's, you know, when you're thinking you've…
Read MoreFinding outlets for your writing requires taking scads of chances, consuming the output of others – inside and outside your medium/genre – active networking, and…
Read MoreQuestion: What should you do as soon as you finish your novel? This is not a trick question. I know you need to send query…
Read MoreIn 1954, Ralph Ellison told the Paris Review* that a character's development must proceed through three states: from purpose, through passion, to perception^. The beauty…
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