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The structure of a novel

February 23, 2012 A. B. Westrick 2 Comments

In the Jan/Feb 2012 issue of Poets & Writers magazine, John Stazinski (page 29) bemoans the tendency of MFA programs…

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Filed under: arc, books, craft, critique, Grub Street, john green, kathi appelt, Looking for alaska, manuscript, MFA, novel, plot, Poets & Writers, revision, story, structure, Uma Krishnaswami, VCFA, writing

The difference between content and process

April 30, 2011 A. B. Westrick Leave a comment

In mid-March, as I staffed the James River Writers (JRW) table at the Virginia Festival of the Book in Charlottesville,…

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Filed under: arc, books, conference, craft, historical, literature, pace, plot, process, scenes, structure, voice, writing

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