<p>In this chat, I describe how I experimented with copying a story's general plot. It sounds like plagiarism, but I emphasize that I only used the focus to generate momentum before veering the story its own direction.</p>

In this chat, I describe how I experimented with copying a story's general plot. It sounds like plagiarism, but I emphasize that I only used the focus to generate momentum before veering the story its own direction.

Copying a Story: How to Start with Structure and Build Momentum

I talk about the writing life, including some insider information on my own work as well as suggestions about improving your writing life—if that’s one of your aspirations. Either way, I try to be encouraging as I seek to help others dream bigger.

“The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.” — William James

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I talk about the writing life, including some insider information on my own work as well as suggestions about improving your writing life—if that’s one of your aspirations. Either way, I try to be encouraging as I seek to help others dream bigger. “The union of the mathematician with the poet, fervor with measure, passion with correctness, this surely is the ideal.” — William James

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