Lesson Five: Planning a Route

The Invisible College by BBC

May 21, 20177:32Arts

To plot or not to plot – that’s the question. Some writers plan in advance; others set out without a map and see where they wind up. Featuring archive of Angela Carter, Elmore Leonard, and Ray Bradbury, plus William Gold...

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