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Q&A How to develop a story for a novel?

For book resources, there are many out there. Here's a small sampling: On Becoming a Novelist by John Gardener (and he wrote several other books on writing like The Art of Fiction) Aspects of th...

posted 12y ago by justkt‭  ·  last activity 4y ago by System‭

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#2: Initial revision by user avatar justkt‭ · 2019-12-08T02:07:10Z (over 4 years ago)
For book resources, there are many out there. Here's a small sampling:

- [On Becoming a Novelist](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0393320030) by John Gardener (and he wrote several other books on writing like [The Art of Fiction](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0679734031))
- [Aspects of the Novel](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0156091801) by E. M. Forester
- [Bird By Bird](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/0385480016) by Anne Lamott
- [On Writing](http://rads.stackoverflow.com/amzn/click/1439156816) by Stephen King

There are a couple of questions on this site that may help:

- [This question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/148/what-are-good-reads-about-writing) has a larger list of book resources, although not all will directly apply to your question
- [This question](https://writers.stackexchange.com/questions/392/resources-for-character-development) covers resources for character development in particular
#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2011-12-30T13:45:46Z (over 12 years ago)
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