Hello, Johnny. i'm new too.
I do believe Cogito is exactly right. No matter how you outline the book the story has been done before. Until you bring yourself to it and then...
EssentialWriter is, by the way, dead right. Just let all these things flow in from what you see all around you. The whole world is just waiting to...
Plot is as important as a general of idea of who you want to write about. Or even theme, some idea, something you want to explore. As mystical as...
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