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DR. MIKE ALFILER

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Thickening the plot

By Butch Dalisay | February 2, 2004 - 12:00am

One of the most common failings I encounter in poorly written stories is the undue haste with which novice writers want to tell their stories. By this I mean that the writers hop, skip, and jump from one incident...

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