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Lesson 8 of "How to Finally Get Started on that Novel"

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Amy Shearn
Nov 27, 2024
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Lesson 8 of 8 from “How to Finally Get Started on that Novel”

So, how's this all going to happen?

At this point, we’ve gone through a lot of the craft topics that come up when first starting to put together a novel. But to be perfectly honest, a lot of the time when I work with stuck novelists, what’s keeping them stuck is not a craft…

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