Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

Episode 222 - Small techniques can add up to forceful sentences.


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Here are pocket-sized techniques that can result in strong sentences; small--even tiny--things we can add to our prose writing arsenal.   Also, Elizabeth George on her use of two outlines: the step outline and the running plot outline.  And we can make our dialogue stronger by avoiding "Yes" and "No."

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