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The Novel Tells a Story

BySheryl Monks October 10, 2014October 17, 2015

Scheherazade avoided her fate because she knew how to wield the weapon of suspense–the only literary tool that has any effect upon tyrants and savages. Great novelist though she was — exquisite in her descriptions, tolerant in her judgments, ingenious in her incidents, advanced in her morality, vivid in her delineations of character, expert in…

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Why It Takes So Long to Write a Novel

BySheryl Monks June 18, 2014October 17, 2015

It sometimes takes up to a decade to figure out how to write a first novel. I’ve been writing short fiction for at least that long, and I can barely bring myself to admit that during this time I’ve attempted to write not one but several novels that I’ve picked up and abandoned multiple times. Many writers who…

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