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What is “incluing”, and why should you be doing it?
Daphne Strasert Daphne Strasert

What is “incluing”, and why should you be doing it?

Introducing readers to a new world can be an interesting challenge. How do you explain to your readers the workings or a world that may be very different from our own? How do you explain what motivates a character if you can’t tell the audience directly?

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How long should your novel be?
Daphne Strasert Daphne Strasert

How long should your novel be?

You’re ready to write a novel, but now that you’re staring at a blank page, you face a new question: how long is a novel, anyway? You’ve read books, so you know what a normal book length is, but how do you make sure that what you’re writing is an acceptable (publishable) length?

The answer is to use word count.

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