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rosina lippi  | sara donati on writing and craft

plot wisdom

From Janet Burroway’s Writing Fiction:

Yet readers still want to wonder what happened next, and unless you make them wonder, they will not turn the page. You must master plot, because no matter how profound or illuminating your vision of the world may be, you cannot convey it to those who do not read you.

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