Writing Prompt: Casualties • Career Authors

Writing Prompt: Casualties

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.

—John Irving

Who are the casualties in your story?

Write about how your story will uncover those casualties.

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