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What’s your favorite kind of food? If your answer is Chinese, you probably wouldn’t go to a Tex-Mex restaurant and find chow mein and eggs rolls prominently displayed on its menu. Nor would you expect to find New York–style hot dogs if you went into an establishment whose specialty was advertised as English tea and […]

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When you’re writing a book, a play or a movie script, you not only have the power to control the pacing of the plot but also the chronology of events themselves. A mystery, for instance, can start with a murder followed by the investigation or it can begin with the murder but shift to a […]

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The words “story” and “plot” are often used interchangeably. So much so, in fact, that new writers often think that they share the same definition. Where this belief can lead them astray is in planning the direction they want their projects and imaginations to go.
Let’s say that your friends ask you what your novel/play/movie […]

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