Here, the story peaks. The main character faces a major problem, obstacle or dilemma. A fire breathing dragon protecting the evil wizard’s lair. You are going to plan and write your own story.

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but also think of them as something that teaches you enough to write your own novel. There’s no mistakes that you can make writing a novel that you can’t also make writing a short story.” ...