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Writing Techniques One Word at a Time: How to Finish Writing a Novel

Bestselling author Traci Hunter Abramson shares four tips she’s used to write more than 50 novels over the years.

Traci Hunter Abramson

Short Story The Unconscious Journey From Story to Novel John C Hampsey

Writing Habits and Practices How Living Out of a Van Inspired My Writing and Life Kathryn Nolan

Writing Habits and Practices The Soundtrack of a Story: How Music Shaped My Novel Jane L. Rosen

Writing Techniques The Page or The Stage: The Differences in Writing Novels vs. Scripts Leslie Liautaud

Writing Habits and Practices Why *Exactly* the Second Novel Is So Impossible to Write Jessie Rosen

Why I Wrote Fiction Instead of Memoir—Even Though Much of It Is True Andres Schabelman

Writing Techniques How Journalism Helps Me Write Fiction (and Vice Versa)Bryan Gruley

Writing Techniques 2 Things Writers Should Know About the Future of the Novel Simon Okotie

Writing Techniques Making Use of Storystarter Scenes in Fiction Andrew Welsh-Huggins

Writing Techniques On Writing and Research—for Books and Screenplays John Sayles

Write Better Fiction Comics vs. Prose: The Novelization of a Comic Book Character Fred Van Lente

Writing Techniques The Siren Song of Memory: Avoiding Sentimentality in Fiction When Using Material From Our Past Lucian Childs

Writing Techniques Symbolic Drive: Using Allegory in Fiction Erika Swyler

Writing Techniques Turning Memoir Into Fiction: A Recipe Susen Edwards

Writing Techniques Sprinting Across Alligators: How to Use Vignettes as Stepping Stones to Build a Novel C.H. Hooks

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