And Then There Were Bodies - a Review

๐˜ˆ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฏ ๐˜›๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ž๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜๐˜ฆ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด, but now there are bodies. And now one, specifically a skeleton, has turned up in…

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Matt Nagin – Do You Really Need To Outline?

In ๐‘‚๐‘› ๐‘Š๐‘Ÿ๐‘–๐‘ก๐‘–๐‘›๐‘”, Stephen King claims โ€œoutlines are the last resource of bad fiction writers.โ€ King suggests they limit inspiration and the joy of creativity. Jack Kerouac likely agreed, writing novels such as ๐‘‚๐‘› ๐‘กโ„Ž๐‘’ ๐‘…๐‘œ๐‘Ž๐‘‘ in a stream-of-conscious style on a long roll of paper.

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I have almost as much trouble naming the characters in my novels as I did naming my children. But writing Southern novels makes it a little easier since there are so many colorful names from which to choose. And colorful name equals memorable. Itโ€™s a pretty safe bet if someone has a unique name, theyโ€™re going to be . . . well, a character.