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For those who are currently writing their manuscript — especially a novel, you know what I’m talking about. Yes, what to write in the middle of the novel. The first several chapters are easy to write and you know roughly about the ending or even have several options for it. Yet, you’re stuck in the middle.

For the first time writer, the novel usually has a beginning, middle and ending. So I’m talking about the middle section.
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In my previous post I wrote about Creating a story for your fiction where I mentioned how you can determine what fiction or novel you’re interested to write based on your favorite movies.

In this post, I would like to expand upon that post by exploring how your favorite novels could be used to help determine what type of fiction genre you write.
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Wow!

Time flies so fast. I just realized I have been blogging for almost a year now! Well, I started back in August and it is June now. There are two more months before the first anniversary of being a blogger for The Trendsetter.

While blogging mostly about writing, I admit I’ve neglected the technical side of blogging - yet again.

Sigh…

Well, I’m just lazy to update my blog template or even spruce it up a little bit until I want to display the printable version of each of my individual posts and print it. When I “print preview” one of my posts it just doesn’t look good.
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Do you believe in writer’s block?

I heard of a writer who after having the first novel published couldn’t write for years afterwards. No matter how hard the writer tried there was no second manuscript in sight.

If that is an accurate description of what writer’s block is about, then it’s pretty severe and scary thing for a budding writer like me to know.

Right now writing is not a problem for me at all.

But wait!
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Read! Read! And Read!

Sorry, but it’s not a secret at all. And this is what I’m doing lately. I am reading a lot – nonfiction and fiction from my favorite authors. From mystery writers to romance novels, I search the ones I like best.

I am a voracious reader. And this causes me trouble. I often borrow books from the library longer than I should (and this is even after being renewed three times!). My DH (Dear Husband) always becomes the one who rescues me from the “sideways look” of the clerk at the library. And when I thought I was safe, my DH whispers giving me the sideways look. “Why is it that whenever I return your books they always have fines on it?” Witnessed the scene, the clerk gave me a sour look.

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