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Observations and strategies based on the two decade long writing career of Stefan Petrucha, author of over twenty novels and hundreds of graphic novels.
This eBook collects the essays used for his successful online class of the same name, taught via the University of Massachusetts.
Topics include: Ten Rules for Writing Fiction & Why They're Wrong; The Query, Substance and Style; How to Deal with Rejection and more.
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