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The Middle of a Novel is Bullsh*t (opens the original)
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Can we talk about what it’s like to write the middle of a novel? Because the middle of a novel is bullshit. Hot take, I know! But let me explain.The beginning of a novel gets all the big feelings. You have a new idea! You love the plot and characters! You’re going to write a book and it’s going to be flipping fantastic! Maybe you even have a fresh new notebook and you swear that THIS TIME you’re actually going to use it. (Why is this me, and why do I keep buying them? I NEVER write longhand)<div
A Field Guide to Genre Conventions in Fiction (opens the original)
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Hello writers! Natalie here—Today, I want to share one of the most frequent pieces of advice I give fiction clients when I’m looking over their pages: study your genre conventions. (The same advice could absolutely be given to nonfiction and memoir writers, but this post is for fiction.)<a class="image-link image2 is-viewable-img" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!u4pA!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fpublic%2Fimages%2F8c68
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