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Building a Story: The Art of Narrative

By: Marilyn Bates
Publication: The Quarterly, Vol. 21, No. 3
Date: Summer 1999

Summary: The author presents a series of steps—from incident to dialogue to character sketch to interaction of the narrator with the characters—that launch writers toward telling a story.

 

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