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Plot & Structure Exercise 17: Letter from a Reader to the Author of a Dissatisfying Novel

This next one is a trip. Mr Bell asks us to pick a novel that didn’t work for us. Reread it. And as you do play the role of an editor, based on what you read in this chapter (about middles). Write a long letter to the author suggesting what […]

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