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NOVEL WRITING - Using Printed Calendar Pages to Work on Plot, Pacing, and Verisimilitude

NOVEL WRITING - Using Printed Calendar Pages to Work on Plot, Pacing, and Verisimilitude

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Alison Acheson
Jul 06, 2021
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Blank calendar pages are an indispensable piece in working on a novel. The sooner I begin to work with them, in addition to any form of planning, the better. Too often—especially as a writer who does not outline for the most part—I’ve run amok with my days and dates, and ended up with months that are three weeks in length, and back-to-back Saturdays. (A…

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