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Plotting vs winging it
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Plotting vs winging it

December 10, 2017 phoebemorganauthor8 Comments

Whenever I speak to other writers, one of the things I'm always endlessly curious about is whether they plot out every stage of their novel, or simply start writing and see where the book takes them. I'm definitely in the latter camp, although I did try to plot as much as I could for my… Continue reading Plotting vs winging it

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