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Episode 2: Getting ready to start writing a novel.

Essential Guide to Writing a Novel

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How to Write a Novel Without an Outline

Stephen King says plotting and the spontaneity of real creation isn't compatible. Mark Twain's outline for Tom Sawyer was this in its entirety. Charles Dickens invented his novels as he went through them. Elizabeth Berg finds an outline too limiting.

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