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A Collection of Famous Authors’ Hand-Drawn Outlines

On May 24, 2013 By quriosityIn Communication, Creativity, Innovation, WritingLeave a comment

Emily Temple at Flavorwire has posted a useful assemblage of handwritten outlines by famous authors.

Here’s an example by Joseph Heller — click through to see it in full size:

Joseph Heller outline
Joseph Heller outline

ARB — 24 May 2013

The Genre-Fiction Generator: a great convenience for fiction writers

On October 6, 2009 By quriosityIn art, Creativity, Society and Popular CultureLeave a comment

For fiction authors who are having trouble pigeonholing their series:

Cartoonist David Malki has created a very useful and artistic Genre-Fiction Generator on his Wondermark art blog — see “The Electro-Plasmic Hydrocephalic Genre-Fiction Generator 2000.”

AB — 5 Oct. 2009

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