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Plotting is everything in a Novel

If you’re writing a novel its plotting will determine if the book is a success and I’m reminded of an old Russian proverb, “Hope for the best, expect the worst.”

Or to put it another way, sometimes it’s better and more positive to be negative.

Let me explain.

When you plot a novel you must avoid the trite, the unexplainable, the predictable and the illogical… (the acronym of TUPI).

Anyone who has watched an old western movie…

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