Writing Tips Putting Scene and Sequel Together

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Sep 07 2022 | 00:04:20

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It’s the last in our three-week series on scene and structure the Dwight Swain way. Let’s go. Like we said in the first week, Swain makes us writers think of basic elemental structure and creating our novels in four steps: Making cool characters. Grouping your sentences and paragraphs into motivation reaction units. Grouping those motivation […]

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