So You Want to Write a Book
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A how-to guide to writing a story. This help book will guide you through various points in writing from things to think about prior to writing and even after the end. Including a variety of resources including six lessons split between characters and grammar, this guide is a good place to start for new writers and a fresh place to start for those familiar with the craft.
*I am by no means a professional when it comes to saying what is right and what is wrong. We are all different and so we adapt differently. That means that this book will not be for all of you. That is how things work. This novel is comprised of things that I have personally found to be effective and true when it comes to writing and desire to share it with the hope that it may help another who help-books do not often work for.*
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