How to Turn Your Year Around: Getting Your Novel Plans Back on Track
How to Turn Your Year Around: Getting Your Novel Plans Back on Track How’s 2025 been going for you? Maybe you started the year feeling enthusiastic and motivated: this was going to be the year you finished your novel. But we’re close to halfway through the year now,...
Using Apostrophes Correctly: From the Easy to the Tricky Cases
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What is an Epistolary Novel? Pros, Cons, and Examples of Epistolary Fiction
What is an Epistolary Novel? Pros, Cons, and Examples of Epistolary Fiction You might have heard the term “epistolary novel” bandied around in writing circles or book groups. An “epistle” is a letter—and “epistolary fiction” just means a story written in the form of...