Techniques of the Selling Writer by Dwight V. Swain

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by Dwight V. Swain

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You need to know only four things in order to write a solid story: how to group words into motivation-reaction units; how to group motivation-reaction units into scenes and sequels; how to group scenes and sequels into story pattern; how to create the kind of characters that give a story life.

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