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How to Know When You Have a Novel's Worth of Material | Unpacking Scope
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How to Know When You Have a Novel's Worth of Material | Unpacking Scope

Lesson 1 of "How to Finally Get Started on that Novel"

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Lesson 1 of 8 from “How to Finally Get Started on that Novel”

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You have an idea, but do you have enough ideas to start with? What obsessions/mysteries/images/other forces are driving the prose? First, we need to make sure it's a novel's worth, and not jus…

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Author of 5 novels, including Dear Edna Sloane (Red Hen Press, 2024) & Animal Instinct (Putnam, 2025). Essays in New York Times Modern Love, Oprah Daily, & elsewhere. Teaches writing & works 1:1 with writers.
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