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Writing a Novel: Even Making It Up Requires Research
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You don’t research a novel, you research a world, and you better get it right, because today’s readers demand that even fiction writers be reliable witnesses.
Ridley Pearson
Published
Jul. 16 2014
5:45AM EDT
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