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Get Those Ducks Moving! A Poem-Writing Exercise of the Week for Book Writers

Get Those Ducks Moving! A Poem-Writing Exercise of the Week for Book Writers

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Jul 09, 2008
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Step 1: Create one sentence for each of four plot points in your book (peak moments, external movement, change).
Step 2: Create one sentence for each of four different character’s shifts (internal change in the character, realization moment).
Step 3: Create one sentence for each of four different setting details (with something from the five senses associ…

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