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Despite the recent reported slow down in e-book sales, in a nifty interactive infographic the Economist forecasts that sales will continue to rise nonetheless, and overtake print in the US and UK by 2018.
Of course by then we might all be flying jetpacks and squirting fiction straight into our brains (or burning print books to keep warm at some post-apocalyptic roadside).
Link discovered at The Passive Voice.
Point of view in fiction: what is the difference between first and third person? Why does it matter?
I am very bad at plot. At my best, I can turn out a pretty good sentence. I can iron out most point of view and tense issues in the edit. But plot just doe...
What is the difference between plot and story? Why does it matter? Knowing the answer might take your writing to the next level.
Craig Mazin argues that main characters shape a satisfying plot by testing a central dramatic argument, not by following a rote story structure.
