GETTING STARTED

Clarke Wallace
7 hours ago
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I'm asked from time to time how to write say a novel?

With everything floating through my head, what catches my imagination?

'ISLAND OF NO RETURN' is an example.

"He drowned," said Sven Peterssen. "He's stll

dead!" his sister mumbled.

And from the novel 'HARVEST': "I can't blame Alice

for insisting I plant myself to work and not be

disturbed. And see what happened?

Author's comment: Holding on to your reader's

attention is what must happen.

From the very beginning.

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