Focus Groups
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How Do You Know a Novel Is Finished?
How do you know when a novel is finished rather than merely abandoned for the…
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When Should You Trust a Focus Group—and When Should You Ignore It?
Use focus-group feedback without letting a committee rewrite your novel: identify patterns, interpret outliers and…
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When Should You Show Your Novel to Other People?
When should you show your novel to other people? A veteran author-publisher explains when feedback…
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How Do You Know When a Novel Isn’t Working?
A stalled scene is not necessarily a failed novel. Here is how to separate an…
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