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Beginnings: The Promise

01Mar12

Welcome to SpecTechnique, a technical blog for speculative fiction writers. Every day, I’ll be presenting a different technique of interest, we’ll cover everything from action to aphorism. Today we’re going to look at intro paragraphs. The intro paragraph is probably the most important paragraph in a short story. That paragraph may be all that busy […]

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ABOUT ACTION ANALYSIS BEGINNINGS CHARACTERIZATION DIALOG EXPOSITION FUN LINKAGE MICRO-MANAGEMENT PARODY STRUCTURE Uncategorized VIEWPOINT WORLDBUILDING WRITING PRACTICE WRITING STYLE
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