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Title: Practical
Review: As the writer of several unfinished novels, I was looking for a new way to approach plotting--some concrete advice to stop me and my stories from petering out. This book might just be what I needed. The author presents a very clear and practical plan for structuring a story from beginning, through the middle, and to the end without resorting to an outline. Her (his?) advice about planning ahead to the next set piece has gotten me excited about trying again. The attempts to be relevent to "literary" fiction seem a little half-hearted, but if story is the center of your fiction, this book will help.
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