Category Archives: Novel writing

Let’s take a look at a story beginning!

Copyright © 2025 Jerry Dunne First, we will look at a badly written short story beginning and point out its major craftsmanship flaws. Then we will look at the piece rewritten up to a suitable standard of craftsmanship and point … Continue reading

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The struggle to finish that first novel

Copyright © 2015 Jerry Dunne I get a fair few e-mails from people telling me they’re about to give up on trying to finish their first novel (or have already given up) and can I offer them any advice on … Continue reading

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