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The List, a thriller by Martha Carr

Martha Carr: Tips on Getting Started on Your Novel

Martha Carr, author of The List, the first book in the Wallis Jones series, talks about the process of writing a novel: Getting started, building up a series, and more. Stop looking at your novel as 365 pages. Break it down into bite-sized pieces. Know why you are writing your novel. Start with the main […]

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Writing Bookmark: First Draft

Writing Bookmark: First Draft

Here are some great pieces of advice on how to write fiction from some incredible novelists. Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. — Anton Chekhov Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader. Not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling […]

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