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Archive for January 2023

The Art of Misdirection: How To Keep Your Readers On Their Toes

By Maggie Smith | January 12, 2023 | 0

As fiction writers, one of the most important tasks we have is to keep our readers wanting more. One way to do that is through the use of surprise. But what happens when the surprise becomes too predictable? We’ve all read novels where we could easily anticipate what was coming and found ourselves disappointed when…

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