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Creating Chapters – Part II: Setting and Scene

Posted on March 31, 2010 by admin

(The following is an excerpt from my book Novelsmithing.) SETTING AND SCENE The first thing an author should do at the beginning of each chapter is to ground the reader in the fictional world. Work the senses. If you can hit … Continue reading →

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Creating Chapters – Part I: A Structure of Structures

Posted on March 30, 2010 by admin

(The following is an excerpt from my book Novelsmithing.) A novel is a structure of structures.44 At the beginning of this book, we started with the broadest overall structure, the Premise, progressed through the more detailed Novel Diagram with its plot … Continue reading →

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