Endings
First lines and last lines: how an opening promises what the ending pays
Read a novel's first and last lines side by side and you see the promise and the payment. Five classic pairs, two modern ones and a test for your own draft.
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Writing the draft
MFA or self-study? Weighing a writing degree against the alternatives
What a creative writing MFA gives you, what it costs in time and money, and the alternatives, from workshops and online courses to a year of self-study.
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Getting published
Query letters for literary fiction: what goes in and what to cut
What a query letter for a literary novel usually contains, what to cut, how it differs from a genre query, and a full sample for an invented novel with notes.
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