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* 2022 Word Count: 38083

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* Team Rejection count: 81

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* Notes on Writing the Other

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Main Topic: Falling into those Fiction Traps, and Ways to Sidestep Them

* Writing yourself into a corner using a background character that grows beyond your boundaries

* Art imitating life, but life is not narratively tidy, while fiction tends to be

* Feed your subconscious deeply and well, and let things percolate

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March 10, 2022 | Season 18 Ep 21 | murverse.com

“Fiction Traps and How To Avoid Them” by Mur Lafferty

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