Episode 217 - Why and how to practice. And Edgar Alan Poe.

from Essential Guide to Writing a Novel · host James Thayer

Writing is like learning the violin. We can get better. Here are reasons we should practice, and suggestions how to do so. And what sparked Edgar Alan Poe's imagination? Also: how much of our story should be scenes rather than summary? The answer: should fill our story with scenes that play out in real time in front of the reader like a movie.Support the showBuy the master class.

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