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Blueprint for a Book Step 5: There Must Be Change
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Blueprint for a Book Step 5: There Must Be Change

KJ
Jul 30, 2024
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I want to believe I can change. Show me how.

The “arc of change” is famous in fiction, and it’s much the same in memoir–but there’s a change and shift in non-fiction too. Change is what pulls the reader from the beginning to the end of every narrative book. Without the promise of change, your reader feels like they’re going nowhere, and they won’t come a…

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