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The Pulp Method: How to Write, Self-Publish, and Sell Fiction on Amazon KDP

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Without Fail (Jack Reacher, #6)

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Wars of the Anunnaki: Nuclear Self-Destruction in Ancient Sumer

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Book cover for Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere)

Story Genius: How to Use Brain Science to Go Beyond Outlining and Write a Riveting Novel (Before You Waste Three Years Writing 327 Pages That Go Nowhere) by Lisa Cron

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It is emotion, rather than logic, that telegraphs meaning, thus emotion is what your novel must be wired to transmit, straight from the protagonist to us.

You've Got a Book in You: A Stress-Free Guide to Writing the Book of Your Dreams

by Elizabeth Sims

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“keep your hand moving”
― Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

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“We’re assaulted with facts, pseudo facts, jibber-jabber, and rumor, all posing as information. Trying to figure out what you need to know and what you can ignore is exhausting, and at the same time, we are all doing more.”
― Daniel J. Levitin, The Organized Mind: Thinking Straight in the Age of Information Overload

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“I will use big words from time to time, the meanings of which I may only vaguely perceive, in hopes such cupidity will send you scampering to your dictionary: I will call such behavior 'public service'.”
― Harlan Ellison

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“To improve life one must improve the quality of experience.”
― Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience

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“You DEFINE a project, you BRAINSTORM it, do a little FREE WRITING, and then you SELECT from all the bits and pieces you've brainstormed.”
― Angela Booth, Angela Booth's Easy-Write Process: Write The EASY WAY… Like a Professional Writer

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