I have been reading John Gardner's On Becoming a Novelist. A very good book for those of you who want and need some inspiration.
One of his elements of fiction that I have never heard before is the "fictive dream." According to Gardner, a real fiction writer (whether novelist or short story writer) must be able to take the reader into a dream world.
The s…
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