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How to write a great novel
W. Somerset Maugham
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
Maugham was correct when he said his famous quip, probably around 1930, but as time marches on, we know more about writing. As a successful literary agency for thirty years, we have spent a lot of time studying how fiction succeeds and fails. Everyone agrees the magic happens when engaging characters face conflict within interesting stories, but achieving these goals in a focused way is what can…