Jay
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Gail Carson Levine:
I am a Middle School student, and although I am what others consider a good poet, I have no idea how to make an exciting plot. Do you have any advice on writing a poetic novel or writing a plot? I love your books, by the way. I blame you for my obsession with books based on fairy tales, 'long with Marissa Meyer.
Gail Carson Levine
Thank you! If you enjoy fairy tales, you might try what I do: use one as the scaffold for your plot. For more writing and plotting ideas, you may like my blog and my two books on the subject, WRITING MAGIC and WRITER TO WRITER.
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Miss Literal
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I grew up reading your books, and I borrowed your "Writing Magic" nonfiction book so many times that I filled up an entire "DATE DUE" card all by myself. Thank you for writing it. :) My question is... How do you stay on task? You've written a number of books, so you must be good at staying focused.
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Gail Carson Levine:
I was wondering if you have any characters or places from stories that you threw out or gave up on that I can use for a story idea I had. The story idea is that there's this island where all given up on thrown out story pieces, characters, objects, places, etc. end up. I've asked other authors so that I can get a variety and some truth in my story. ? ~Hannah
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