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Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

Episode 166- Showing our character's thoughts.

25 min • 23 maj 2025

Two mistakes can ruin our presentation of what our character is thinking: telling rather than showing, and interior monologue. Here are ways to present thoughts in a way that grabs the reader. Also, how Octavia Butler worked. And examples of wonderful character descriptions from masterful writers.

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