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Category: plotting the novel

When Bad Plots Kill Good Novels

Michelle RichmondOn Writing

How to plot a novel When I wrote my first novel, I thought I knew what I was doing. I’d just returned from three months solo in China, and my experiences had been so life-changing, I felt they could form the basis of a novel. I’d also recently published my first story collection, a novel in…Continue reading When Bad Plots Kill Good Novels

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I’m Michelle Richmond, author of five novels, including most recently THE MARRIAGE PACT, and two story collections. I’ve been publishing this blog since 2005. I write about books, the writing life, design, and more. Subscribe to The Caffeinated Writer newsletter to get articles twice a month about writing and publishing.

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