Breaking Into Fiction: A New Slant on the Craft and Craftiness of Writing Saleable Fiction |
Contents
BETWEEN YOU AND ME | 11 |
CHAPTER ONE SO YOU THINK YOU CAN WRITE | 19 |
PUTTING FLESH ON THE SKELETON | 102 |
Common terms and phrases
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