Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

Episode 170 - Writing the crowd scene. And guilt and pride.


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Here are techniques for keeping focus in a scene where there is a crowd, with an example from Harper Lee.  And how Margaret Mitchell worked.  Plus: how can we show rather than tell about a character's guilt or pride.

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