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Tag: tension in fiction

Dec 26 2014

Make Readers Suffer—Great Fiction Goes for the GUTS

  • By Kristen Lamb in Uncategorized, Writing Tips

What is the BIG question here? What is my character REALLY after? What will my story problem CHANGE about this character? What will it answer?

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