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Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

Episode 162 - The state fair plotting technique.

27 min • 25 april 2025

Our story should be like a state fair: one thing after another. Here are some ideas on state fair plotting. Plus: settings shouldn't be inert locations in our novel or short story but rather should work for our story. Here's how to get the most from our settings. Also: my experiment with AI proofreading.

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