Book (& Craft) Alchemy

Book (& Craft) Alchemy

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Hold on...is this more than one book?

Hold on...is this more than one book?

Overcoming the one shot fallacy

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Caroline Donahue
Mar 12, 2024
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Most writers worry about having enough ideas. But what if you have too many?

When I wrote my first complete novel, I needed the support of NaNoWriMo to convince me I could generate enough material to fill an entire book. 50,000 words felt like an astounding number of words for me to write. (It is an astounding number to write in just 30 days, but that’s …

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