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  <read_at>Wed May 06 00:00:00 -0700 2009</read_at>
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    <body><![CDATA[I got as far as chapter 10 of this, but didn't finish. I just lost confidence in the writer, because of a couple of annoying errors I found when he cited examples from books. Like he referred to Gatsby and &quot;Dolly&quot;. Well unless that's a different Gatsby than the obvious one, that should be ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/53373818">more...</a>]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Really helpful to me.  It brought up questions I could pose to the piece I'm working on and dug into various ways of developing conflict that were new to me. ]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[Another great book from the &quot;Elements of Fiction Writing&quot; series. Learned a lot about creating, well, conflict, action, and suspense. A must-read for any aspiring or established authors who wants to add some punch to their stories.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[His exhortations grew a little tiresome after a while.  There are things one can learn from this book, which is the only reason I didn't send it back.]]></body>
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    <body><![CDATA[This is a great book for all novelists to have and look back for future reference who needs help on conflict, action and suspense for their novels.]]></body>
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