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Subscribe Here! Krysteen asks: “I don’t have a villain in my story–is this okay? How does a person do this?” Books discussed and recommended: Earth Abides by George Stewart Through the Looking-Glass by Lewis Caroll Tunnel in the Sky by Robert A. Heinlein The Lost World by Arthur Conan Doyle A Christmas Carol by Charles … Continue reading Questions 80: Writing Villain-Free Novels →

Subscribe Here! Caine asks: “My motivation evaporates after I get into the story. How can I get past this?”

Subscribe Here! Tim asks: “What sort of problems result from being a literature major in college–and how can we recover?”

Subscribe Here! JR asks: “Does it help your subconscious to go to other works totally different from what you’re stuck on, or something similar?”

Subscribe Here! Rob asks: “Since it takes ten years to get good at this, will self-publishing one’s early novels hurt one’s reputation?”

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