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• Introduction
• Workshop 1 – Who Owns the Novel?
• Workshop 2 – What's the Story?
• Workshop 3 – Are Novels Real?
• Workshop 4 – Where Do Novels Come From?
• Workshop 5 – Why Do I Have to Read this Book?
• Workshop 6 – What's in It for me?
• Workshop 7 – Who Am I in This Story?
• Workshop 8 – Am I Getting Through?
• Appendix A – Student Exercises for Writing Fiction
• Appendix B – Reading Assignments
• Appendix C – Works Cited and Excepted