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Narrative or Dialogue? Which One When?

 Two Parts Fiction is made up of two parts – dialogue and narrative.  The pace, tone, and flow of the plot line all comes about due to which is used when and where.  For the beginning novelist this can be … Continue reading

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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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