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How do you know when a piece of fiction is finished? How do you know if you're at the point where additional editing will degrade the story instead of improve it?
Should new writers start with short stories before writing a novel?
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I have writing slumps that can last for weeks because I can't think of anything interesting to write about. How do I avoid this?
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