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INCREASE YOUR STORV'S
TENSION:
- Don't let your characters have what they want.
- Ask how you can make your
character's situation worse.
- Build flaws and conflict into your story world.
Create conflict between your
characters.
- Increase the consequences of
failure for the hero.

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1. Proceed slowly and take care.
2. To ensure that you proceed slowly, write by hand.
3. Write slowly and by hand only about subjects that interest you.
4. Develop craftsmanship through years of wide reading.
5. Rewrite and edit until you achieve the most felicitous page/story.

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6. Is this a long scene or a short scene?
7. Brainstorm three different ways it could begin.
8. Play it on the screen in your head.
9. Write a scribble version.
10. Write the full scene.
11. Repeat 200 times.
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HOW TO WRITE A SCENE IN 11 STEPS:
1. What needs to happen in this scene?
2. Whats the worst that would happen if this scene were omitted?
3. Who needs to be in the scene?
4. Where could the scene take place?
5. What's the most surprising thing that could happen in the scene?

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Write every day.
If you're not accustomed to writing, beginning something big can seem frightening. To become accustomed to the mental and physical concept of writing, practice this skill every day, whether it's a single sentence or an entire paragraph.
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How many words are in a novel?
Short story: under 7,500
Novelette: between 7,500 and 17,500
Novella: between 17,500 and 40,000
Novel: over 40,000

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Average word count by genre:
Young adult: 55,000 – 70,000
Literary Novels: 80,000 – 120,000
Mystery: 75,000 – 100,000
Thriller: 90,000 – 100,000
Memoir: 80,000 – 90,000
Sci-fi: 90,000 - 115,000
Western: 45,000 – 75,000
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