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How writers write fiction
How Writers Write Fiction
By Claudia Moscovici
In an earlier article, entitled Why Writers Write, I explored some of the reasons why writers write fiction by looking into common misconceptions. I argued, for instance, that most writers don’t write in order to achieve fame or fortune, both of which are cosmically unlikely and therefore equally unlikely to last as primary motivations for writers past a very young (and naïve) age:
http://literaturesalon.wordpress.com/2012/09/12/why-writers-write-common-myths-about-being-a-writer/
Now I’d like to explore the process of writing (and misconceptions about it as well), by relying on my own experience as a novelist as well as by using as examples a few of my favorite fiction writers. Basically, I believe that there’s no rule, regimen or


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