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29 March 2018 by Lorrie Porter

Do You Want to Write a Novel?

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There’s a great new post over at The Creative Penn to help get you started.

 

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8 October 2012 by Lorrie Porter

9 Tips for Writing Better Dialogue

There’s a great post over at The Creative Penn on techniques for improving dialogue.  You can find it here: 9 Easily Preventable Mistakes Writers Make with Dialogue.

Hope you find it useful.

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