fiction

What's the right word count for a novel?

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What’s the right length for a novel? Let’s do an actual word count on some ebooks and find out.

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Story goals – a tale of three horses

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If a person has a goal, if they are trying to get somewhere, do something, achieve something, they become interesting. It’s hard to take an interest in the person who has no goal, nothing they need to get done. Without goals, the reader won’t find the character interesting.

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The seven Cs of story structure

A summary of plot and story structure

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Discover a community of writers – at Scribophile

Scribophile is a new writing site which looks like it could create innovative ways for writers to share ideas and feedback.

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