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An age-old novel-writing question: How can I sustain a plausible love story using the minimal number of actual scenes between the two principles?
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An age-old novel-writing question: How can I sustain a plausible love story using the minimal number of actual scenes between the two principles?

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Naomi K
Jan 16, 2014
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Your handsomeness is not going to fool me into forgetting that you're barely in this book!

Your handsomeness is not going to fool me into forgetting that you're barely in this book!

I am awful at love stories. A friend of mine was telling me the other day that all her stories are about the guys she've dated. I can't even imagine doing that. It's not that I dislike love plots. I like them alot. I find them very warm and wonderful. But I just d…

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