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Introduction
Getting Started as a Writer
Story and Plot
Structuring Your Novel: Layered Narratives and Other Variations
Who Tells the Story: Narrative Point of View
Point of View Case Studies
Bringing Characters to Life Through Detail
Creating Compelling Characters
Writing Through Roadblocks
Crafting Dialogue
Revealing the World Through Sensory Imagery
Prose Style and Texture
Working With Time in Fiction
The Door to Your Book: The Importance of the First Five Pages
Writing the Middle and Ending
Revision: Seeing Your Work Anew
The Novel and the Shifting Sands of Genre
Speculative Fiction
Speculative Fiction Case Study: The Handmaid’s Tale
Research and Historical Accuracy
The Writer’s Path
The Business of Being a Writer
Parting Words